The nuke aspirants say
there won't be a deal by the deadline:
Nuclear negotiations between Iran and Western nations are likely to be extended beyond Monday’s deadline, according to Iranian officials who said that it would be “impossible” in ink a final pact before Nov. 24.
While U.S. official have yet to brief reporters in any capacity, Iranian diplomats have been making comments that highlight the substantial differences that remain between Tehran and the West as the clock ticks down.
“Considering the short time left until the deadline and number of issues that needed to be discussed and resolved, it is impossible to reach a final and comprehensive deal by Nov. 24,” a senior Iranian official involved in the talks was quoted as telling the country’s state-controlled media on Sunday.
And apparently Zarif has
a lively negotiating style:
Iran’s foreign minister and lead negotiator in nuclear talks is known to frequently scream and shout at Western diplomats, including Secretary of State John Kerry, a practice that has caused alarm among bodyguards stationed outside the negotiating room, according to a member of the Iranian diplomatic team who spoke to the Farsi-language press.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif—who is scheduled to hold one-on-one talks with Kerry this evening in Vienna—”frequently shouts at Western diplomats” in such a forceful manner that bodyguards have hurriedly entered the negotiation room on occasion worried that an incident might occur, according to one Iranian diplomat involved in negotiations who
spoke anonymously with the Iranian press earlier this week.
On one occasion, Zarif’s shouts were so loud that a member of the Iranian delegation entered the negotiation room to check on the players, according to the report, which was independently translated for the Free Beacon.
Upon entering, the Iranian official was informed by European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, a chief western negotiator, that Zarif was just shouting and she had gotten used to it, according to an independent translation of the report.
The report of Zarif’s aggressive behavior is consistent with previous reports claiming that Iranian negotiators tend to treat their Western counterparts—particularly the Americans—with scorn.
Take off the kick-me sign, Secretary Global-Test. Come on home and let's all get ready for Israel to do
the grown-up work.
Any helpful tips for us snivveling kids on how to get ready for Israel's "grown up work?"
ReplyDeleteMake sure you're not facilitating the capabilities of the anti-Israel crowd here in post-America.
ReplyDeleteArming Israel was part of the problem, not part of the solution. Be mindful of drooling too much for war.
ReplyDelete“The cabman looked at the pieces of silver, which, appearing very minute in his big, grimy palm, symbolised the insignificant results which reward the ambitious courage and toil of a mankind whose day is short on this earth of evil.”
ReplyDelete― Joseph Conrad, The Secret Agent
Read more at https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/futility?page=3
I'm trying to get my head around your enthusiasm for an Iranian nuclear arsenal.
ReplyDeleteThis nukes-in-the-hands-of-barbaric-Islamic-regimes-good / nukes-in-the-hands-of-the-lone-Western-nation-in-the-mideast-threatened-every-day-since-its-1948-founding-bad value system just baffles me.
ReplyDeleteWe should have thought of all this when we started funnelling (secretly, lol) nukes to Israel. We've been at this now for a decade over 2 administrations and there is more than just Israel and us involved. I'd advise you to convert but you should know jews aren't real big on sullying their bloodlines.
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