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Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:57 am
by RealJustme
The crew of a U.S. Navy ship stopped a massive Iranian arms shipment dead in its tracks, seizing thousands of weapons, AK-47 rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers headed to Yemen, the Pentagon announced Monday.

The seizure, which unfolded in the Arabian Sea on March 28, was the third of its kind in recent weeks, military officials say. Iran has been supporting Houthi rebels in Yemen in their proxy war against a Saudi-led coalition backed by the United States. Like Iran, the Houthis are a Shia-led group.

The arms shipment appears to mark the latest provocative action from the defiant Islamic republic, which reported last month that it tested missiles marked with the phrase "Israel must be wiped out." And on Monday, the Iranian government warned the U.S. to butt out of trying to control its missile program. "The White House should know that defense capacities and missile power, specially at the present juncture where plots and threats are galore, is among the Iranian nation's red lines... and we don’t allow anyone to violate it," Deputy Chief of Staff Brig-Gen Maassoud Jazzayeri told state media.

On Friday, President Obama said Iran was obeying the "letter" of its landmark nuclear agreement with the West, but not the "spirit" of it.

The Navy said the shipment included 1,500 AK-47s, 200 rocket-propelled grenade launchers and 21 .50-caliber machine guns.

After the U.S. seized the weapons stash from the dhow, a traditional sailing vessel, the Navy let the crew go. A U.S. official told Fox News current rules do not allow western naval forces to seize the crew in addition to illicit cargo. "You have to find a country willing to prosecute," the official said.

A defense official reached by Fox News would not reveal the nationality of the dhow's crew.

Last month, Iran announced that it tested missiles marked with the phrase "Israel must be wiped out," in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution tied to the recent nuclear deal. The resolution forbids Iran from working on its ballistic missile program for eight years and bans sales of its conventional weapons.

In January, Iran captured 10 U.S. Navy sailors in the Persian Gulf, on the same day President Obama delivered his State of the Union address. Iran released the sailors one day later.

Last year, naval forces from Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship and held it for weeks to settle a business dispute. Iranian vessels later surrounded a U.S.-flagged vessel but did not detain it.

Soon afterwards, U.S. warships escorted all U.S. and British flagged cargo ships and tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a key Mideast oil passage.

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 11:05 am
by Clownkicker
Do you have any sort of point to make in posting this article?

We already got this from the news media.
What are you contributing for a discussion? So far it looks like you're just trolling.

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 12:35 pm
by RealJustme
Thanks clown, I was waiting for that segway to dive into this:

Iran steps over red line and Obama moves it. Iran threatens to step over the new red line unless Obama gives them more in return and Obama is now openly considering greater concessions, including access to the American financial markets. To justify the new concessions to Iran Obama lies and tells the UN and America Iran is meeting the letter of the agreement. It's got so bad that Congress has come right out and is saying Obama is lying while rewriting the deal to please Iran.
Iranian officials on Monday accused the United States of violating the recent comprehensive nuclear agreement by working behind the scenes to stop American companies from conducting business with Iran, according to regional media reports.

Iran has been complaining for months that it is not being granted enough sanctions relief under the agreement. These complaints have reportedly pushed the Obama administration to consider offering Iran greater concessions, including access to the U.S. dollar and American financial markets.

However, Iranian officials continue to insist that the Obama administration is violating the deal.

Sadeq Amoli Larijani, Iran’s judiciary chief, “warned” the United States in remarks on Monday, claiming that the administration’s current actions violate the agreement.

“The Americans are now acting in violation of the nuclear agreement,” Larijani was quoted as saying on Monday before high-ranking Iranian officials.

Larijani accused the Obama administration of “pressuring companies which are interested in investment in Iran to withdraw from their decision,” according to reports carried in Iran’s state-controlled media.

“The Americans should know that the Islamic Republic of Iran would never compromise its interests and would never agree with investment of foreign firms in the country at any price, while it enjoys rich resources and abundant talents,” Larijani was quoted as saying.

Meanwhile, U.S. lawmakers have launched an investigation into Obama administration claims about the deal.

Lawmakers accuse the Obama administration of lying to Congress about the range of concessions granted to Iran and of rewriting the deal in subsequent months to permit Iran to carry out ballistic missile tests.

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:17 pm
by Clownkicker
Ahh, so you were just trolling. That's what I thought.

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:14 pm
by johnforbes
Clownhicker's remarks were merely a fission expedition.

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 7:16 am
by Clownkicker
johnforbes is so stupid he can't tell the difference between RealTool and me. :lol:

As we see, RealTool was doing the "fission" not I. My post was straightforward and clear.
Here's the actual joke: "RealTool's initial post was merely a fission expedition."
Get how it works? It's still not funny, but it is accurate.

This is why your 'jokes' aren't funny. The premise is nearly always fatally flawed.
(Besides the fact you don't understand what makes a pun funny or not.)

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:57 am
by RealJustme
"RealTool's initial post was merely a fission expedition."
Get how it works? It's still not funny, but it is accurate.
Clown, my post wasn't meant to be funny but thank you for acknowledging it's accurate.

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:44 am
by johnforbes
Clowntoker has split up more things than Enrico Fermi.

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:52 am
by Clownkicker
Undoubtedly Insipid is going to be along any second now to criticize RealTool for his "silly ass word games".

Otherwise he's just another hypocritical asshole.

Anyone want odds to entice you to bet on Insipid's integrity? :lol:

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 2:02 pm
by sillydaddy
Image

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:15 pm
by RealJustme
That photo says a thousand words.

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:54 pm
by Clownkicker
"photo"?

You really are out of touch with reality if you look out on the world and it looks like that. :lol:

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:01 pm
by RealJustme
Clown are you trying to argue that's not a photo?

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:15 pm
by elklindo69
It's a picture not a photo. A photo is an image captured by a camera

A picture is an image that can be either drawn, painted, etc.

Now go back to sleep Justme........

:lol:

Re: Obama said Iran is obeying the "letter" of nuclear deal

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:26 pm
by RealJustme
Clown, I just walked you right into burning another cookie! Dude, you're getting far too easy. :ugeek: