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Iran deal open for debate? Tehran presses new ayatollah demand
Fox News ^ | September 23, 2015 | Judson Berger

Posted on 09/23/2015 10:59:46 AM PDT by jazusamo

The Iranian government is pressing the U.S. and others to give even more ground to Tehran in the already-sealed nuclear agreement, posing a new headache as the Obama administration and others try to implement the deal.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier this month demanded that sanctions be lifted entirely, not just suspended. A top Khamenei adviser reiterated that demand over the weekend -- ahead of potential informal talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Secretary of State John Kerry plans meet in the coming days in New York with his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. According to Iran's Fars News Agency, Iranian officials also plan to meet with all members of the P5+1 group, which negotiated the deal, in New York on Sept. 28.

These reported plans prompted one group, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), to question whether talks were being "reopened," in order to address Khamenei's concerns.

Asked about the speculation, a State Department official said there is no further negotiation and the U.S. expects the deal to be implemented "in good faith."

"We've long said that we're not going to comment on or react to every statement attributed to the Iranian leadership," the official told FoxNews.com. "Our focus is on implementing the deal, and verifying that Iran completes its key nuclear steps under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. There is no renegotiation, and the nuclear-related sanctions relief that Iran will receive once the IAEA verifies that it has completed its nuclear steps is clearly spelled out in the text of the [agreement]."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; irandeal; israel; kerry; khamenei; lebanon; memri; obama; sanctions; statedepartment; waronterror
Asked about the speculation, a State Department official said there is no further negotiation and the U.S. expects the deal to be implemented "in good faith."

If the 0bama administration says that it has to be true. /extreme sarc

1 posted on 09/23/2015 10:59:46 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Another secret side deal.


2 posted on 09/23/2015 11:01:19 AM PDT by kabar
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To: jazusamo

Do they have all the leverage over us or are we just being evil and stupid?


3 posted on 09/23/2015 11:01:29 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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To: jazusamo

Obama has no red lines. Now that inspections have been revealed to be a complete joke, what’s satisfying one more demand of Iran’s mullahs?

And FWIW, no signed deal exists.


4 posted on 09/23/2015 11:17:31 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: ichabod1

The latter, obviously.


5 posted on 09/23/2015 11:31:24 AM PDT by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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To: jazusamo

Tehran is like my SIL ordering in a Thai restaurant when I’m paying, “Oh just add a plate of xxx and then add some yyy. Oh, oh just a couple more things.”


6 posted on 09/23/2015 11:32:46 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: jazusamo

When the Iranians demand that we deed over the ownership of the city of Beverly Hills, this might take a month or two.


7 posted on 09/23/2015 11:33:32 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: JimSEA

Heh Heh...Stop taking her out for Thai food. :-)


8 posted on 09/23/2015 11:44:41 AM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

You’re right, that would throw a big monkey wrench in the, the big donors wouldn’t go for that.


9 posted on 09/23/2015 11:46:48 AM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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To: All

Those sanctions should never be lifted until Iran renounces its current theocratic government and its rhetoric about destroying Israel and America.

Did you folks see the crazy looking goofball who came on after Donald Trump, the one who masterminded this deal?

He looks like he broke loose from an illuminati Satanist party without bothering to change costume.


10 posted on 09/23/2015 12:42:06 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (I'm supporting a Bush-Fiorina ticket -- in Bolivia !!)
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"Whatever it is,
sounds good to me.
and Death to America!"


11 posted on 09/25/2015 4:02:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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