Former Ambassador John Bolton: Iran’s big victory in Geneva; we’re now even further from eliminating Tehran’s threat
Johan Bolton: “The most widely touted outcome of last week’s Genea talks with Iran was the ‘agreement in principle’ to send approximately one nuclear-weapon’s worth of Iran’s low enriched uranium (LEU) to Russia for enrichment to 19.75% and fabrication into fuel rods for Tehran’s research reactor. President Barack Obama says the deal represents progress, a significant confidence-building measure.”
“In fact, the agreement constitutes another in the long string of Iranian negotiating victories over the West. Any mementum toward stricter sanctions has been dissipated, and Iran’s fraudulent, repressive regime again hobnobs with the U.N. Security Council’s permanent members…”
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[Ambassador Bolton gives a list of problems, in these categories:]
“Is there a deal or isn’t there?”
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“The ‘agreement’ undercuts Security Council resolutions forbidding Iranian uranium enrichment.”
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“Raising Iran’s LEU [low enriched uranium] to higher enrichment levels is a step backwards….”