Michael Crowley, Politico: The gray areas in the Iran deal
How a pre-dawn meeting in Switzerland produced one of the Iran deal's many fuzzy areas.
In the dead of night Wednesday night in Lausanne, Switzerland, Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz and his Iranian counterpart haggled over one of the last issues holding up a nuclear agreement with world powers: Iran’s future research into next-generation new centrifuge designs that can accelerate its path to a nuclear weapon.
The meeting finally wrapped up at 6 a.m., said a senior administration official, “and that is not because we were up early.”
But how that key issue was resolved remains fuzzy. An Obama administration fact sheet on the deal says only that Iran will be able to conduct “limited research and development” into the centrifuges — which are far more efficient than the relatively crude devices Iran now operates — “according to a schedule and parameters which have been agreed to” by Iran, the United States, and five other world powers.
Analysis And Commentary On The Iran Nuclear Deal
Obama’s Iran deal falls far short of his own goals -- Washington Post editorial
A deal with Iran built on lies -- Wesley Pruden, Washington Times
The Deal of a Lifetime -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
The Fruits of Diplomacy With Iran -- William Burns, NYT
This Is Not a Deal -- Abe Greenwald, Commentary
Why the framework nuclear agreement with Iran is good for both sides -- Ariane Tabatabai, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
The Iran nuclear deal: a good outline -- but only an outline -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
A nuclear deal with Iran is the best option -- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
Iran nuclear talks: the long and winding road to a landmark agreement -- Julian Borger, The Guardian
The Iran Deal and U.S. Politics -- Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg
Options for the U.S. if Iran breaks a nuclear deal -- Bennett Ramberg, Reuters
Iran nuke agreement full of holes -- Amir Taheri, New York Post
WNU Editor: What's my take on this agreement .... a deal on the promise to make a deal is not a deal.
3 comments:
I have heard it said that a good deal is one where neither party is happy. I think this "deal" favours Iran. It certainly sounds as if Iran came out on top and all they have to do is reject an inspection and they go back to square one which they have lived with for a decade. I imagine there are office pools on when Israel starts bombing Iran's nuclear centres.
DID YOU GET THAT FROM RUMSFELD KNOWN UKNOWN LOL
Could be I don't remember when, where, or who said it but it seems to fit this situation. It is possible for neither party to be happy and the deal to be bad. If so, in this case case there may be a number of unnamed parties who might be happy with the bad deal. What do you think Peter?
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