August 24, 2022
" U.S. and European negotiators are reportedly close to agreeing to a nuclear deal that provides the Iranian regime with up to $1 trillion in cash, shield its nuclear activities from meaningful oversight, and offers Russia a sanctions evasion hub."
United Against a Nuclear Iran
Bipartisan policy experts and scores of former military and government officials in the United States warn of danger and plead with Biden to reconsider - Israeli Government united in its concern that this is a very, very, very bad and foolish deal which will finance terrorism and ignite the Middle East. Please contact the White House, the State Department and Your Members of Congress TODAY
BACKGROUND
DOZENS OF FORMER U.S. GENERALS AND ADMIRALS AND RESPECTED POLICY EXPERTS AND FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT THE NONPARTISAN UNITED AGAINST A NUCLEAR IRAN URGE BIDEN TO RECONSIDER
Dozens of former United States generals and admirals wrote a letter to the Biden Administration warning that the proposed new nuclear agreement the with Iran is likely to “instantly fuel explosive Iranian aggression,” and "would help Iran’s nuclear program and support of terrorism". They also linked the nuclear talks in Vienna to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.
In addition, Well regarded policy experts and former government officials from diverse backgrounds - both Democrat and Republican - at United Against a Nuclear Iran issued a release yesterday vehemently urged Biden to reconsider the pending deal and insist on common sense measures which will truly have the effect of thwarting the brutal tyrannical regime's nuclear ambitions. The well regarded organization spearheaded by former Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman and Mark D. Wallace, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform, warned
" U.S. and European negotiators are reportedly close to agreeing to a nuclear deal that provides the Iranian regime with cash, shield its nuclear activities from meaningful oversight, and offers Russia a sanctions evasion hub."
They continue...
"The Biden administration should not agree to a shorter and weaker nuclear deal that meets Iranian demands for merely temporary restrictions on its nuclear program in exchange for up to $1 trillion in sanctions relief for the regime by 2030.
If non-nuclear sanctions are lifted, as reported, that would set a very troubling precedent that will hamper the ability of the U.S. to hold Tehran accountable for its other threatening behavior. All this goes above and beyond the sanctions relief given to Iran in 2015 in exchange for an agreement that is weaker today with the one year breakout timeline upon which the JCPOA was originally based irrecoverable.
Iran will be permitted to operate a nearly unrestricted nuclear program in 2031, and then our options to prevent a nuclear Iran will be fewer and worse. In the meantime, Iran will grow richer and more powerful, and therefore more capable of destabilizing the Middle East.
In addition, like the JCPOA, a new deal will still mandate that key restrictions on Iran expire soon. U.N. restrictions on Iran’s missile program expire next year, and the mechanism to “snap back” sanctions on Iran in the event of Iranian noncompliance with the deal expires in 2025.
Rather than accepting a deal that’s lopsided in Iran’s favor, the Biden administration should refuse to sign any pact that does not meet these minimum, common-sense criteria":
The international community must return to the principle of zero uranium enrichment or reprocessing in Iran.
Iran must resolve all outstanding International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inquiries about its nuclear program—including the regime’s weapons-related activities—before any sanctions are lifted.
Iran must end all its dangerous non-nuclear behavior—including hostage taking, targeting Americans, developing ballistic missiles, and practicing and sponsoring terrorism—in parallel to any nuclear agreement.
U.S. policy should once again be conducted in a bipartisan manner and in partnership with Congress, and any nuclear agreement should be submitted to the U.S. Senate as a treaty for ratification.
A more detailed UANI analysis of all that is wrong with the Iran deal resource The Iran Nuclear Deal: What’s Wrong With It And What Can We Do Now?, can be found here."
Wallace also penned an article yesterday forewarning: "History tells us that ignoring a pattern of escalating aggression — a failure to deter — courts disaster. We appear to be on that path with Iran."
GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL UNITED IN FIERCE OPPOSITION
The government of the State of Israel is also unified in its fierce opposition to this deal and government officials of all stripes took to the airways in recent days to urge the Biden Administration to reconsider - and to note that Israel will not be bound by any agreement and will do what is necessary to truly prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
The government of the State of Israel is also unified in its fierce opposition to this deal and government officials of all stripes took to the airways in recent days to urge the Biden Administration to reconsider - and to note that Israel will not be bound by any agreement and will do what is necessary to truly prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Likud leader Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu whose Churchillian leadership, strength, and clarity on this issue has brought him worldwide recognition and respect and who is expected to regain the premiership in early November described the deal as a horrible deal that is worse than the first and a threat to the peace of the world. He described the revived nuclear deal as the "height of folly" and explained that as a result of this deal the Middle East will become "nuclear powder keg". He also explained that Israel would prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons with or without a deal.
Acting Prime Minister Lapid similarly slammed the "bad deal" declaring that it "won’t prevent a nuclear Iran and gives Tehran $100 billion a year to spread terror."
RECENT IRANIAN TERROR ATTACKS ON US SOIL - DEAL WILL REPORTEDLY UNWIND SANCTIONS ON THE VERY ORGANIZATIONS RAISING BOUNTIES TO KILL AMERICANS
The Administration's current efforts to resuscitate the deal are even more egregious and untimely in light recent efforts of the Iranian government and its sympathizers to murder American officials and human rights activists on American soil in recent weeks.
These include
plots to murder former Secretary of State and CIA director Mike Pompeo and former National Security Advisor John Bolton;
hiring a hitman to murder prominent Iranian-American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad;
defending the recent assassination attempt on author Salomon Rushdie in upstate New York - in no doubt inspired by the fatwa ordered by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
A former senior Iran advisor at the State Department has reported that the deal includes unwinding sanctions on an Iranian government organization called the 15 Khordad Foundation, which offers bounties for the assassination of Iran's political enemies. The foundation, for example, is behind the $3.3 million bounty on Rushdie's head, which is believed to have in part motivated the attacker who earlier this month stabbed Rushdie 10 times during a public appearance, nearly killing him.
"Biden's new Iran deal would lift sanctions on the very organizations raising bounties to kill Americans," said Gabriel Noronha, a former senior Iran adviser at the State Department.
AMERICA DENIED SEAT AT TABLE - NEGOTIATING THROUGH RUSSIAN INTERMEDIARY/SEVERAL MEMBERS OF US NEGOTIATING TEAM HAD PREVIOUSLY RESIGNED AS A RESULT OF WEAKNESS OF CONTROVERSIAL LEAD NEGOTIATOR ROB MALLEY
You can't make this stuff up!
There is important history here which adds some additional color.
In the way of background you may recall that the Iranian regime refused to let the United States into the negotiating room in Vienna and relegated the leader of the free world to the "kiddie table".
You may also recall that the world's true occupier - the Ukrainian civilian bashing Russians are "negotiating" on America's behalf. Many commentators have noted that the Russians have and will use the deal to evade sanctions that have been imposed on them.
Last and certainly not least you may remember that several members quit the American negotiating team because of the weak positions and capitulations espoused by lead negotiator - the very controversial Rob Malley.
DEAL IS OF DUBIOUS LEGALITY AND CONSTITUTIONALITY - WIDESPREAD BIPARTISAN SUPPORT NEEDED FOR LEGITIMACY AND LONGEVITY
Also note that under existing law the deal must be fully and completely disclosed and approved by Congress and it appears that the Biden Administration may attempt to circumvent this obligation.
There are also huge and very legitimate Constitutional questions being raised as to why this significant and consequential accord was not - and is not - being submitted to the United States Senate for ratification as a treaty under Article II, section 2.
Moreover - the authoritarian Iranians - seem to be demanding a term which is impossible in our republic - that future Presidents be bound by anything that is now agreed upon. The Biden Administration cannot have it both ways - they must either submit the agreement as a treaty - or explain in no uncertain terms to the Iranians, the Europeans and the world that this is not possible in America.
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ACTION ALERT - FOR THE SAKE OF OUR SECURITY AND YOUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE....
1. PLEASE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO CONTACT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING AND TELL THEM NOT TO AGREE TO THIS UBER DANGEROUS AND SENSELESS DEAL. TELL THEM NOT TO LEGITIMIZE, EMBOLDEN AND ENRICH EVIL.
CHOOSE THE WORDS AND FACTS THAT HAVE THE MOST MEANING FOR YOU AND SPEAK RESPECTFULLY AND FROM YOUR HEART.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
WHITE HOUSE:
Telephone:
Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414
STATE DEPARTMENT:
Telephone: 1-202-647-4000.
2. CALL YOUR UNITED STATES SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS - TELL THEM TO DEMAND A REVIEW AND VOTE ON THE DEAL.
HOW TO FIND AND CONTACT YOUR SENATORS
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