{"id":5055,"date":"2016-07-18T15:10:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T20:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=5055"},"modified":"2016-07-18T15:10:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T20:10:56","slug":"iran-deal-no-cause-for-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2016\/07\/18\/iran-deal-no-cause-for-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran deal \u201cno cause for celebration\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"struan_stevenson700\"<\/a>By INU Staff( http:\/\/irannewsupdate.com)
\n<\/strong>INU\u00a0–\u00a0<\/strong>In his opinion piece for UPI on July 14<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Struan Stevenson says that the first anniversary of Iran nuke deal no cause for celebration.<\/p>\n

Mr. Stevenson, the former Conservative Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Scotland, and president of the European Iraqi Freedom Association, goes on to say that the historic agreement made last July was, in fact, a missed opportunity. \u00a0He states<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, \u201cIt is exactly one year since the nuclear deal was signed with Iran. The ink had barely dried on the agreement on July 14, 2015, before it was being trumpeted as President Barack Obama’s big foreign policy breakthrough, guaranteed to be the highlight of his rather lackluster presidency. But the deal was deeply flawed. Obama’s spin-doctors mounted an impressive and sophisticated campaign to persuade the world that his administration had struck a groundbreaking pact with the so-called ‘moderate’ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rouhani has proven himself to be far from moderate. Iran has the highest per capita rate of executions of any country in the world under this regime. \u00a0While Iran\u2019s economy flounders, billions of dollars have been spent supporting wars in the region, sparking riots and demonstrations. \u00a0Unfortunately, while the world thought the nuclear deal was fair, it failed miserably at addressing human rights issues in Iran.<\/p>\n

Even more distressing, according to Mr. Stevenson, \u201cIran\u2019s efforts to build a nuclear weapon have only been slowed down. Under the terms of the deal, inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are only permitted to visit Iran’s declared nuclear sites. Military bases are off limits and yet according to Western Intelligence, almost all of the nuclear activity is taking place on these military sites. \u00a0In addition, important aspects of the deal, such as restrictions on uranium enrichment and the production of heavy water, end after 10, 15 and 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deal also lifted sanctions and released more than $150 billion in frozen assets, an unintended jackpot, that even John Kerry admits may go toward funding Iran’s proxy wars in the region. \u00a0Those sanctions, coupled with the collapse in oil revenues, had crippled the theocratic regime. The regime was teetering on the brink of collapse and the nuclear pact threw them a vital lifeline. By signing the agreement with Iran, the P5 + 1 nations missed a unique opportunity let a rogue regime topple, and restore peace and stability to the region.<\/p>\n

Instead, human rights abuses continue, and Iranian expansionism continues. \u00a0Worse yet, Iranian citizens who thought they\u2019d glimpsed a brighter future have been thoroughly disappointed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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