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Iran’s president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal
Associated Press ^ | September 20, 2023 | Edith M. Lederer

Posted on 09/20/2023 12:20:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said Tuesday that his country will never give up its right “to have peaceful nuclear energy” and urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Addressing the annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, Raisi said the American withdrawal from the deal trampled on U.S. commitments and was “an inappropriate response” to Iran’s fulfillment of its commitments. […]

Iran has long denied ever seeking nuclear weapons and continues to insist that its program is entirely for peaceful purposes – points Raisi reiterated Tuesday telling the high-level meeting that “nuclear weapons have no place in the defensive doctrine and the military doctrine” of the country.

But U.N. nuclear chief Rafael Grossi said in an interview Monday with The Associated Press that the Iranian government’s removal of many cameras and electronic monitoring systems installed by the International Atomic Energy Agency make it impossible to give assurances about the country’s nuclear program. Grossi has previously warned that Tehran has enough enriched uranium for “several” nuclear bombs if it chose to build them.

The IAEA director general also said Monday he asked to meet Raisi to try to reverse Tehran’s uncalled for ban on “a very sizable chunk” of the agency’s inspectors. …

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Iran; Iraq; War; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: biden; iaea; iran; jcpoa; mullahloversonfr; obamalegacy; rop; un; untiednations; worldwar3

1 posted on 09/20/2023 12:20:06 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal.

Translation: send us another gazillion dollars!

2 posted on 09/20/2023 12:29:37 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Olog-hai

In other words ‘Kneel before us and kiss the ring’ and that’s just what the Biden occupation is doing.


3 posted on 09/20/2023 12:29:53 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: libertylover

Yes, to use as they please.


4 posted on 09/20/2023 12:30:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Yep, and get blown to kingdom come anyway.


5 posted on 09/20/2023 5:26:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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