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Ending Iran nuclear deal would worsen North Korea situation: Kerry

By Stephanie Nebehay

 

FILE PHOTO: John Kerry speaks with the media after attending the Mideast peace conference in Paris, France, January 15, 2017 . REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump risks driving Iran towards nuclear proliferation and worsening a standoff with North Korea if Washington ends a nuclear deal with Iran, former Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday.

 

Kerry, who negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, was speaking a week after Trump refused to certify that Tehran was in compliance, amid growing tensions with Pyongyang over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.

 

"If you want to negotiate with (North Korean leader) Kim Jong Un, and your goal is to avoid war and try to be able to have a diplomatic resolution, the worst thing you can do is first threaten to destroy his country in the United Nations," Kerry said.

 

He was speaking in a private lecture delivered at Geneva's Graduate Institute.

 

"And secondly, screw around with the deal that has already been made because the message is don't make a deal with the United States, they won't keep their word," he said.

 

The nuclear deal places Iran under tough restraints, including round-the-clock surveillance and tracking every ounce of uranium produced, Kerry said. "We would notice an uptick in their enrichment, like that," he said, snapping his fingers.

 

"And nobody that I know of with common sense can understand what the virtue is in accelerating a confrontation with the possibility that they might decide they want to break out and make it (a nuclear bomb) now instead of 10 or 15 or 25 years from now," he said.

 

If Iran violated the accord, U.N. sanctions would snap back into place, Kerry said. "Moreover, at that point in time folks, we have a year of break-up. We have all the time that we need in the world to be able to bomb their facilities into submission."

 

Ending the deal could lead to Iran hiding fissile production facilities "deep in a mountain where we have no insight".

"So the scenario that Trump opens up by saying 'let's get rid of the deal' is actually proliferation, far more damaging and dangerous," Kerry said.

 

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Tehran would stick to its accord as long as the other signatories respected it, but would "shred" the deal if Washington pulled out, state TV reported.

 

Kerry, speaking on Swiss television RTS on Thursday night, was asked about Trump's habit of tweeting policies and insults.

 

"More and more Americans are finding the Twitter phenomenon tiring, destructive and interruptive of a genuine kind of dialogue. I think it creates chaos politics which is not good."

 

On Trump's public undermining of his successor as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Kerry said it was "unprecedented and very, very unproductive, even counter-productive".

 

(Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-10-20

[ezzra]

Said the man who shamelessly orchestrated this mockery of an  agreement, beside, what the worst that can happen if Trump revoke the treaty?   that Iran will go on enriching uranium and openly planning to to build ICBMs? well, news flash, they're doing it it already.... 

 

[smotherb]

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

Said the man who shamelessly orchestrated this mockery of an  agreement, beside, what the worst that can happen if Trump revoke the treaty?   that Iran will go on enriching uranium and openly planning to to build ICBMs? well, news flash, they're doing it it already.... 

 

You apparently did not read or do not understand the two main reasons Kerry gave. Well, let me give you another reason which may not be so difficult to fathom. Trump's actions make Iran a primary customer of Nork nuclear devices and delivery systems; even if they were not tempted already. What better way for KJU to deal with the dotard and the US than to have some other nation nuke them?

[Srikcir]

7 hours ago, ezzra said:

that Iran will go on enriching uranium and openly planning to to build ICBMs? well, news flash, they're doing it it already.... 

Which have nothing to do with violating the P5+1orchestrated nuclear deal.

• Iran can produce low-enriched uranium to make fuel for nuclear power plants. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33521655
• There is nothing in the deal relating to prevention of ICBM missile development.

By honoring the P5+1 deal the US should be able to get broad international support (including the UN Security Council) to stop Iranian ICBM development.

 

[Krataiboy]

Trump’s decision goes against the other five leading global powers, which according to Wolfgang Ishinger, the former German ambassador to the United States, “will show total disrespect for America’s allies.” 

 

It also goes against the entire EU that sponsored that deal and that has been united in its support for the JCPOA. EU High Representative Federica Mogherini has repeatedly stressed that the deal is delivering and will be implemented as agreed.

 

Only a day before Trump’s decertification, Ms. Mogherini stressed that the deal was working and the EU would remain faithful to it.  Trump’s action is also in violation of the U.N. Security Council that unanimously endorsed the deal with Resolution 2231 in 2015.

 

[mike324]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

"If you want to negotiate with (North Korean leader) Kim Jong Un, and your goal is to avoid war and try to be able to have a diplomatic resolution, the worst thing you can do is first threaten to destroy his country in the United Nations," Kerry said.

 

John Kerry just said what Trump shouldn't have done.  Wonder why he can't tell that to the president.

[Jingthing]

The deal has been made.

If the USA backs out, then why should any nation ever trust going into a deal with the USA again?

Nobody is saying the deal is perfect for anyone, including Iran. 

But it's better than no deal at this point. 

[Srikcir]

3 hours ago, mike324 said:

Wonder why he can't tell that to the president.

Because Trump has already heard it from his administration.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tillerson-iran/tillerson-says-he-and-trump-disagree-over-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1AH5E7

Kerry is speaking to the public and Congress.

[boomerangutang]

John Kerry, we miss you.

 

He would  have been prez in 2004/05 (beating Bush Jr's bid for a 2nd term), if the Republicans had not made a scathing attack on Kerry's VN war experience.  Kerry's recollection of the 'swiftboat' thing was later shown to be true, and the few vets who spoke out against Kerry were later shown to be shills for Republican dirty tricksters.   

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry_military_service_controversy

 

Kerry was also a fine Sec. of State.  Tillerson can only hope to be 1/5th as good.

[boomerangutang]

12 hours ago, ezzra said:

Said the man who shamelessly orchestrated this mockery of an  agreement, beside, what the worst that can happen if Trump revoke the treaty?   that Iran will go on enriching uranium and openly planning to to build ICBMs? well, news flash, they're doing it it already.... 

Spoken like a true Trump fan.  Trump will smile kindly on your kind.  

 

There's a reason why all of Europe's leaders (who are closer in distance to Iran than the US), and nearly all US diplomats and military brass are in favor of keeping the Iran deal:  It's because it's as good a deal as can be hammered out.  Iranian leaders are no dummies.  Indeed, Iran's Imans are looking a lot smarter than Trump right now, but that's not saying much.  Anyone who can fry an egg is smarter than Trump.