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Western negotiators tell Iran

artappraiser — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:04:00 +0000

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Western negotiators tell Iran new nuclear proposals are "not serious". My story on @axios https://t.co/pMkU2dw0IU
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) December 3, 2021

Does not seem the Iranians like how this meeting is ending, https://t.co/pI74tJCMAx
— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) December 3, 2021

see this whole Twitter thread

artappraiser — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:49:48 +0000

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see this whole Twitter thread as well as article, very good on "inside Israel politics" on topic:

Several months after the 2013 election of Hassan Rouhani as Iran's then-president, Jacob Magid reports, Aviv Kohavi (who is currently IDF Chief of Staff) was
at the time head of the IDF's Military Intelligence unit... https://t.co/HwSwUgCeCg
— Marian Houk (@Marianhouk) December 3, 2021

except Putin certainly

A Guy Called LULU — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:26:42 +0000

In reply to Parsi's analysis seems spot

except Putin certainly didn't want a westward-facing treaty with Iran, and I'm sure he pressured Trump to crash out more than Bibi did.

I do not share your certainty about Putin's position on the JCPOA. Putin did not want Iran to have a nuclear weapon. He did publicly support the JCPOA. There are pundits who say that of course he really didn't support it. Of course there are. And what do you mean by the pessure to "crash out"? If you mean that he actually had more influence on Trump leaving the agreement than did Bibi, then I think you are probably mistaken to the point of being delusional as so many have been about the actual sway Russia had on Trump.

Parsi's analysis seems spot

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 03:46:25 +0000

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Parsi's analysis seems spot-on except Putin certainly didn't want a westward-facing treaty with Iran, and I'm sure he pressured Trump to crash out more than Bibi did. But then Trump was elected with both's help, so that's how we got our Mideast policy run by Jared, Erik Prince, and other dick less slime all actors. Biden has to recover gracefully from that abandonment of US interests while still holding up the goals oof the negotiations - even as Iran's new Pres is more hardline and Israel's is prolly more conservative than Bibi bot not the showboatter/bullshitter Bibi is. So good luck to Biden, but think he has the skill for something positive. Yes, side channel talks out of the public eye. When Hillary mentioned this as a standard necessary diplomatic practice, everyone acted as if she'd kissed the devil - such lack of transparency! But transparency is where all Bibi's showboatting was happening, screwing actual compromise..

Why not summarize whats

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 23:43:11 +0000

In reply to This six minute video

Why not summarize whats important, what's new, so we know if we want to watch? More and more videos popping up here, gotta save something for Netflix...

This six minute video

A Guy Called LULU — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:48:58 +0000

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This six minute video regarding the JCOPA agreement with Iran is an excellent synopsis of its history and the current status.