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Placating The Islamic Republic of Iran

"The International Atomic Energy Agency, within the framework of the safeguard agreement, is allowed to carry out conventional inspections of nuclear sites."
"Access to military, security and sensitive non-nuclear sites, as well as documents and scientists, is forbidden."
Bill before Iran's parliament, Tehran

On Sunday, 199 Iranian lawmakers of the total 213 present at the Iranian majlis voted in favour of a bill demanding the complete lifting of all sanctions against Iran as part of any final nuclear accord that Iran will agree to in its negotiations with the members of the permanent Security Council of the United Nations; China, Russia, United States, Britain, France - and a sixth negotiating partner, Germany. The European Union chief has been deeply involved in the negotiations as well.

Iranian Parliament/Majlis

Iran has been recalcitrant, and considers suspicion harboured by the international community with respect to its nuclear intentions to be insultingly intrusive to its sovereign entitlements, and has made no secret of its resentment. Grand Ayatollah Khamenei has stated time and again  his profound suspicion of the the plot against Iran's entitlement led by the 'Great Satan'. Voting to ban access to military sites, some of the lawmakers supporting the new bill chanted "Death to America".

This endearing and sincerely peaceful diplomacy that Iran, the world's foremost terrorist-sponsoring country evinces cannot fail to bring a warm blush of appreciation to the heart and soul of any who doubt its good-natured expressions in support of world stability. Should it be ratified, the bill is seen as a possible complication in the finalization of the 30 June deadline agreement to reach a final accord.

That accord is heavy on Iran's responsibility to restrain its eagerness to obtain nuclear weapons; in exchange for a slowdown in enrichment of uranium and a pledge to honour its agreement to back down somewhat on its plans to aggressively impose itself on the Middle East as a nuclear-armed power to be accorded all the respect and distance that the explicit threat entails, a gradual lifting of sanctions is promised.

Iran's nuclear negotiators point out in their inimitable sweet-mannered efforts to satisfy the demands of a concerned international community that it has already agreed to grant United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors "managed access" to military sites under strict control and specific circumstances; as though to impress upon unreasonable aggressors how compliant they are; the "managed access", "strict control", and "specific circumstances" notwithstanding.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejects the very impudence of the proposal of Iranian scientists interviewed by IAEA inspectors, while the U.S. State Department reiterates its non-negotiable contention that inspections remain a key component of any final agreement. Little wonder the U.S. is characterized as the Great Satan. It remains to be seen, however, whether America will turn in its horns for a more conciliatory approach by an administration increasingly presenting itself as amenable to caving in to pressure.

One can only hope that the P5+1 negotiators, fed up as they may be by Iranian expertise in manipulation and beaming obfuscation, will recall that the Republican Guard is in full charge of the military's nuclear program, and it doesn't blink in the face of any kind of opposition.

Labels: IAEA, Iran, Negotiations, Nuclear Technology, P5+1, Sanctions

posted by Pieface @ Monday, June 22, 2015