05-06-2019, 06:02 PM
Just to add some background for reference/discussion: here are twelve demands on Iran that Mike Pompeo made back in May, 2018.
Mike Pompeo speech: What are the 12 demands given to Iran?
US secretary of state threatens Iran with the 'strongest sanctions in history' if the conditions are not met.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/mike-pompeo-speech-12-demands-iran-180521151737787.html
Declare to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a full account of the prior military dimensions of its nuclear programme and permanently and verifiably abandon such work in perpetuity.
Stop enrichment and never pursue plutonium reprocessing, including closing its heavy water reactor.
Provide the IAEA with unqualified access to all sites throughout the entire country.
End its proliferation of ballistic missiles and halt further launching or development of nuclear-capable missile systems.
Release all US citizens as well as citizens of US partners and allies.
End support to Middle East "terrorist" groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Respect the sovereignty of the Iraqi government and permit the disarming, demobilisation and reintegration of Shia militias.
End its military support for the Houthi rebels and work towards a peaceful, political settlement in Yemen.
Withdraw all forces under Iran's command throughout the entirety of Syria.
End support for the Taliban and other "terrorists" in Afghanistan and the region and cease harbouring senior al-Qaeda leaders.
End the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps-linked Quds Force's support for "terrorists" and "militant" partners around the world.
End its threatening behaviour against its neighbours, many of whom are US allies, including its threats to destroy Israel and its firing of missiles at Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and threats to international shipping and destructive
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These are pretty difficult to meet demands, and would entail giving up sovereignty. I'm pretty sure Trump/Bolton/Pompeo didn't really intend that they be met.
E.g., Iran is supposed to work for a peaceful settlement in Yemen while the U.S. funds Saudi bombing? I know that Israel has attacked Iran in the last year, but I cannot find record of Iranian missile attacks on Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
What "senior leaders" of the notoriously anti-Shia Al Qaeda is Iran harboring? It has some in jail, and may allow for a clandestine pipeline to Afghanistan.
Mike Pompeo speech: What are the 12 demands given to Iran?
US secretary of state threatens Iran with the 'strongest sanctions in history' if the conditions are not met.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/mike-pompeo-speech-12-demands-iran-180521151737787.html
Declare to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a full account of the prior military dimensions of its nuclear programme and permanently and verifiably abandon such work in perpetuity.
Stop enrichment and never pursue plutonium reprocessing, including closing its heavy water reactor.
Provide the IAEA with unqualified access to all sites throughout the entire country.
End its proliferation of ballistic missiles and halt further launching or development of nuclear-capable missile systems.
Release all US citizens as well as citizens of US partners and allies.
End support to Middle East "terrorist" groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Respect the sovereignty of the Iraqi government and permit the disarming, demobilisation and reintegration of Shia militias.
End its military support for the Houthi rebels and work towards a peaceful, political settlement in Yemen.
Withdraw all forces under Iran's command throughout the entirety of Syria.
End support for the Taliban and other "terrorists" in Afghanistan and the region and cease harbouring senior al-Qaeda leaders.
End the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps-linked Quds Force's support for "terrorists" and "militant" partners around the world.
End its threatening behaviour against its neighbours, many of whom are US allies, including its threats to destroy Israel and its firing of missiles at Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and threats to international shipping and destructive
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These are pretty difficult to meet demands, and would entail giving up sovereignty. I'm pretty sure Trump/Bolton/Pompeo didn't really intend that they be met.
E.g., Iran is supposed to work for a peaceful settlement in Yemen while the U.S. funds Saudi bombing? I know that Israel has attacked Iran in the last year, but I cannot find record of Iranian missile attacks on Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
What "senior leaders" of the notoriously anti-Shia Al Qaeda is Iran harboring? It has some in jail, and may allow for a clandestine pipeline to Afghanistan.
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