Israel Enraged by Nuclear Deal: The Greatest Diplomatic Victory of Iran
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The Zionist entity was frustrated on Sunday with the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers in Geneva, with voices slamming the deal a “historic mistake” and others considering it the “greatest diplomatic victory” for Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesman quoted him as saying that what was achieved yesterday in Geneva was not “a historic agreement but rather a historic mistake.”“This is a bad agreement that gives Iran what it wanted, including the partial lifting of sanctions while maintaining an essential part of its nuclear program,” said a statement published by Netanyahu’s office, a few hours after the historic agreement was reached in Geneva. Netanyahu also said that Israel is not bound by the international community's nuclear deal and “reserves the right to defend itself.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman also regretted the deal saying: “This agreement is the greatest diplomatic victory of Iran, which has gained recognition for its so-called legitimate right to enrich uranium.”
“We're worried about the agreement but our job is to keep up the warnings,” said Yair Lapid, the Zionist Minister of Finance and part of Netanyahu's coalition government. “We're not comfortable but this warning needs to be done. We have six months until there is (hopefully) a better agreement. We may be the only child in the room saying the king has no clothes but that's what we must do.”
An official in the Prime Minister’s office said the agreement “gives Iran exactly what it wants: a significant easing of sanctions and allows Iran to keep the most significant parts of its nuclear program. The agreement allows Iran to continue enriching uranium and leaves it the centrifuges that enables it create (fissile) material to create nuclear weapons. Likewise, the agreement doesn't lead to dismantling the Arak reactor. The economic pressure on Iran would have led to a much better agreement that would have dismantled Iran's nuclear capability.”
Israeli President Shimon Peres was more cautious in his response, pointing to the fact the agreement was “an interim deal” which allowed time for a diplomatic solution. "Reject terrorism," Peres pleaded with the Iranian people. "Stop the nuclear program. Stop the development of long-range missiles. Israel like others in the international community prefers a diplomatic solution. "But ... if the diplomatic path fails, the nuclear option will be prevented by other means," Peres warned.
“Talks Could've Forced Iran Give up Nukes”
Nafatali Bennett, the Minister of Economy and Commerce, said on Zionist Army Radio that world powers could have used the talks in Geneva that led to the deal “to force Iran to give up its nuclear program rather than freeze it at a point where it can resume work at any time.”
“Iran was on the mat because of the sanctions, but then the West picked it up and gave it something to drink. Israel does not have to be a party to this agreement and has the right to defend its security,” he claimed. “The whole Middle East is affected but the danger to Israel is unique.”
According to media report, the Israeli public were enraged that Netanyahu’s attitude with the US and his spoiling of good relations with President Barack Obama led to such deal.
“Deal Could Jump Start at Syria, Palestine”
Uri Savir, a former Israeli ambassador and president of the The Peres Center for Peace, called the deal an "historic agreement." He said it will go a long way to limit Iran's nuclear program for six months and could also jump start progress on Syria and the Israeli-Palestinian so-called peace process. He lauded Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry "who despite opposition advanced global peace diplomacy."
Source: Websites | 24-11-2013 - 12:23 Last updated 24-11-2013 - 17:10 |
Iran Hails Nuclear Deal as Great “Achievement”, Vows to Continue Enrichment
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Iran President Sheikh Hasan Rouhani said Sunday that Iran is going to continue enrichment activities adding that sanctions against the country were starting to crumble.“Iran's right to uranium enrichment on its soil was accepted in this nuclear deal by world powers,” he said in a press conference broadcast live on state television. “The structure of the sanctions against Iran has begun to fall apart,” said Sheikh Rouhani.
The President said that Iran’s nuclear achievements are just manifestations of the nation’s dignity and grandeur.
It’s worth mentioning that families of the nuclear martyrs accompanied President Rouhani in his press conference Sunday morning. Sheikh Rouhani invited the families of the nuclear martyrs to join him behind the podium in the honor of the efforts and bravery of the martyred nuclear scientists.
In a letter he addressed to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei felicitating him on the absolute achievements, Sheikh Rouhani said the revolutionary offspring of Iran have managed to take the first step in a way that made the big world powers admit to the nation’s nuclear rights as well as its right for enrichment, IRNA reported.The President added that the nuclear deal would also pave the way for future big steps towards guaranteeing Iran’s technological and economic advances.
President Rouhani noted that the nuclear deal was the beginning of removal of the tyrannical sanctions against Iran.
In response, Ayatollah Khamenei hailed the “achievement” of the country’s negotiating team in clinching a long-elusive nuclear deal with world powers. “The nuclear negotiating team should be thanked and appreciated for this achievement. God's grace and the support of the Iranian nation were the reasons behind this success,” Fars quoted Imam Khamenei as saying. “Resistance against excessive demands should be the criteria for (nuclear) officials,” he added.
After more than four days of intense negotiations, Iran and the P5+1 group sealed an interim deal in Geneva on Sunday morning.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran’s right to enrichment has been recognized in the nuclear deal between Tehran and the Sextet.Addressing Iranian and foreign reporters on Sunday after the announcement of the deal, Zarif said that the agreement “covers several important domains, the most important of which is the recognition of the right to enrichment.” He added that the right to use peaceful nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment, is “an inalienable right” under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which should be respected by all countries.
Zarif noted that the interim deal is an “important achievement” but a “first step” toward resolving an “unnecessary crisis”, stressing that the two sides need to work together based on “equal footing, mutual respect and common benefits” to settle the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program. He added that according to the Sunday deal “no new sanctions will be imposed against Iran and sanctions will be eased.”
According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the deal allows for Iran to continue its activities at Arak, Fordo and Natanz facilities. The agreement also stipulates that no additional sanctions will be imposed on Tehran because of its nuclear energy program.
Source: Agencies | 24-11-2013 - 11:52 Last updated 24-11-2013 - 11:54 |
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