Iran nuke deal

June 17, 2015   http://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/articles-reports/irans-nuclear-timetable
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11-14-2014    The agreement signed with Iran on Tuesday envisions sharing some reactor technology with Iran. The two new reactors, and possibly two more at Bushehr, would be imported from Russia, but after that, further reactors would be built in Iran with Russian assistance, according to a Rosatom statement. All would use Russian fuel, even the Iranian-built ones.   http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/world/europe/russia-to-build-2-nuclear-plants-in-iran-and-possibly-6-more.html?_r=0
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7-30-15    

• The U.N. resolution removes the existing ban on Iranian activity related to nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, including launches.

• The U.N. restrictions on sales of missile technology to Iran are extended for up-to eight years, but missile imports will be less strictly controlled than nuclear imports, relying primarily on reporting from Iran and due diligence by its suppliers.

• The agreement does not allow the “snapback” of sanctions in response to illicit missile procurement.

• Sanctions will be lifted early next year on several banks that have facilitated illicit missile-related transactions in the past.

Iran’s efforts to advance its nuclear-capable ballistic missile program – through test launches, production, and illicit procurement – will be made easier, while attempts to punish or deter Iran’s ballistic missile activity and illicit procurement will be made more difficult.   http://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/nuclear-iran-weekly/what-iran-deal-says-doesnt-say-about-irans-ballistic-missiles

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 Soleimani allegedly met with high level Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin, to discuss the delivery of advanced S-300 surface-to-air missiles and other weapons that will be available to Iran once the conventional arms embargo is lifted under the terms of the nuclear deal.

Hopes that Iran will moderate its behavior are clearly ill-founded. The Islamic regime is energized and feeding off the momentum of what it considers a diplomatic victory over the United States. By failing to insist on linkage to issues beyond the nuclear realm, the West has essentially legitimized and empowered – and may soon underwrite – Iran's continued expansion of power and influence abroad, and repression at home. This fatal flaw in the diplomatic effort with Tehran goes beyond the well documented defects in the proposed deal itself, which is unlikely to halt or even slow Iran's march to nuclear capability. The entire effort amounts to a dangerous reminder that hope is not a method.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2015/08/18/iran-will-not-moderate-after-obama-nuclear-pact

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Niagra Falls photo by John Moore

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