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posted by janrinok on Tuesday April 24 2018, @07:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-sure-that-threats-will-work dept.

President Rouhani warns that White House failure to uphold Iran nuclear deal would prompt firm reaction from Tehran.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on US President Donald Trump to uphold the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, or "face severe consequences". 

In a televised speech, Rouhani said the "Iranian government will react firmly" if the White House fails to "live up to their commitments" under the agreement. 

The warning comes weeks in advance of a May 12 deadline for Trump to renew the deal.

The US president has previously said he would scrap the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which he has called the "worst deal in history", unless "a better option" is presented to him. 

[...] The landmark deal reached in Lausanne, Switzerland in April 2015 with China, Russia, France, Great Britain, Germany and the US offered Iran more than $110bn a year in sanctions relief and a return to the global economy in exchange for halting its drive for a nuclear weapon.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:14PM (7 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:14PM (#671301) Journal

    I'm sure proving that the US has no problem reneging on a deal is going to help those NK discussion!

    And on top of that, John Bolton, Trump's National Security Adviser wants to overthrow Iran again. [theintercept.com]

    'Cause that worked out so freaking well last time!

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:18PM (#671306)

    Just nuke them and let what little remains of their society attempt to rebuild on the ashes and ruins of their fallen dictatorship.

    Perhaps in 200 years they will again be capable of communicating with the developed world.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by bob_super on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:45PM (5 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday April 24 2018, @08:45PM (#671322)

    Israel says that Iran is a threat. What else do you need to know?

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Tuesday April 24 2018, @09:09PM (4 children)

      by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday April 24 2018, @09:09PM (#671332)

      It's full of brown people who speak a language we don't understand. As an added bonus, they have different opinions about everybody's favorite imaginary friend than many Americans.

      Or, as Earth's greatest military commander, Zapp Brannigan, put it: "We know nothing of what they look like or their culture, but we know one thing for sure. They stand for everything we don't. Plus they told me you look like dorks!"

      --
      The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @09:30PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @09:30PM (#671349)

        They look like dorks! Lemme at 'em!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @03:09AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @03:09AM (#671492)

        Iranians are not brown. They look like typical white people. It's OK to be white.

        But go on thinking that all non-Americans are brown and that this makes them morally superior ("noble savages" being the traditional term), totally free of the evil that infests all American minds.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @03:14PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @03:14PM (#671647)

          Well, so they're more like the noble, oppressed white people... oh fuck it. There's no talking sense here.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:17PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 25 2018, @04:17PM (#671676)

        Psst... Even if your more white equals more evil racism had any truth to it: Persians are whiter than Semites.