Impending lifting of Iran sanctions worries Israel (State Department says sanctions lifted Friday!)

Ynetnews ^ | 01.12.16, 12:21 | Alex Fishman

[Dave346]

Analysis: Friday will see the removal of the sanctions regime imposed on Iran since 2007, and Russia is already deep in talks with Tehran on the sale of advanced weapons.

Most of the economic sanctions imposed on Iran will be removed on Friday, US State Department officials said, while Russia readies the sale of advanced weapons to the Islamic Republic.

January 15 will mark the end of the international sanctions regime, which has been in place since 2007 through a series of decisions by American Presidents George W. Bush and Barak Obama, legislation passed by the US Congress and in the European Union, and resolutions passed by the UN Security Council. These sanctions were put in place in an effort to hinder and thwart Iran's nuclear program.

The American administration and the EU have already begun preparing the public for the diplomatic move: US Secretary of State John Kerry and his European counterpart, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, have announced over the past few days that the lifting of the sanctions would be done "in a matter of days."

Senior Israeli officials, meanwhile, have accused the American administration of ignoring - knowingly and intentionally - the military aspects of the sanctions removal, saying Washington did not put any pressure on the Iranians on the development of strategic weapons - like long-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

Israel views the public missile experiments conducted in recent months by Iran as a move meant to test international reaction - particularly the American one. President Obama's decision not to press Tehran on this issue encourages the Iranians to continue chipping away at these international agreements meant to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.

[armydawg505]

Israel hates this move so the Obama folks push ahead full speed.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Those who supported and voted for the Corker Amendment, which gave away to the Iran deal and removal, of sanctions own this there traitor’s to both America, and Israel.

[odawg]

“Those who supported and voted for the Corker Amendment, which gave away to the Iran deal and removal, of sanctions own this there traitor’s to both America, and Israel.”

Cruz and his friend Rubio are front and center. Now if you were to follow Cruz along the campaign trail, the way he talks about the Corker bill, you would never in a thousand years figure out that he voted for it.

Some Cruz supporters even claim he voted for the Corker bill to defeat it. And some Cruz supporters claim just because the Corker bill was passed does not mean it became law; but only talking points that gave Cruz something he could condemn and promise to rid the country of a bill that never became a law. If this sounds strange, don’t ask me to explain it.