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Don’t expect much after U.S. surrender on Iran nukes

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Just a week ago, Iran’s Supreme Leader, the despotic Ayatollah Khamenei, announced there would be no way he would allow nuclear inspections on military sites, that there would be no surprise inspections of nuclear facilities and the day Iran agrees to the final deal all the sanctions must get lifted or there is no deal. Ever since the Iranian leader revealed his opposition to the President’s interpretation of the framework deal the Obama administration has indicated they may be ready to fold to the Iranian demands.

Perhaps, the most significant of which is the report that Iran will get $30–$50 billion just for signing the final nuke deal. 

“The Obama administration estimates Iran has between $100 billion and $140 billion of its oil revenue frozen in offshore accounts as a result of sanctions, the Wall Street Journal reported. “Iran could receive somewhere between $30 billion and $50 billion upon signing the agreement, said congressional officials briefed by the administration.”

Providing those funds will weaken the P5+1 position and, even if the sanctions are not lifted immediately, give the rogue regime the strength to resist compliance. 

On Friday, during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Renzi of Italy, Obama was asked point blank whether he would rule out lifting Iran sanctions at the time of a nuclear deal. The president pointedly refused and instead talked about “creative negotiations,” which is another way of saying the terms will be written in such an imprecise and vague manner that Iran would be able to interpret the deal as saying whatever it wishes. 

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