Iran's Rouhani says he is happy that 'lawless' Trump is leaving office

[webfact]

Iran's Rouhani says he is happy that 'lawless' Trump is leaving office

 

FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran December 14, 2020. Official Presidential website/Handout via REUTERS

 

(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday he was happy that Donald Trump was leaving office, calling him "the most lawless U.S. president" and a "terrorist".

 

"We are not overjoyed about Mr. Biden’s arrival, but we are happy about Trump leaving," Rouhani said in a televised speech to the cabinet.

 

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[zhounan]

Is Mr.Rouhani aware that now that the US establishment is back in the saddle, he will find war at home?

[Bluespunk]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

We are not overjoyed about Mr. Biden’s arrival, but we are happy about Trump leaving," Rouhani said in a televised speech to the cabinet.

Not alone there. 

[TopDeadSenter]

Great news. America's sworn enemies are happy that President Trump may be having a 4 year break. I mean who doesn't want China, Russia and Iran to be happy. So long as the media personalities are happy too, that's important. Does Joe have any more of those pallets? The Iranians liked that didn't they. Trump never sent any pallets did he? I wonder that is why they didn't like him?

 

 Enjoy the next 4 years Iran, China and other rogue authoritarian regimes. This is your time to grow your influence and power.

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17 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Great news. America's sworn enemies are happy that President Trump may be having a 4 year break. I mean who doesn't want China, Russia and Iran to be happy. So long as the media personalities are happy too, that's important. Does Joe have any more of those pallets? The Iranians liked that didn't they. Trump never sent any pallets did he? I wonder that is why they didn't like him?

 

 Enjoy the next 4 years Iran, China and other rogue authoritarian regimes. This is your time to grow your influence and power.

Russia? Really? Trump had to be dragged into standing up to Putin.

And as for China...guess what country just achieved a record trade surplus with the USA?

 

China trade surplus hits record $75B as Nov exports soar

China’s politically sensitive trade surplus with the U.S. soared to a record $75.4 billion November as exports surged 21.1% over a year earlier, propelled by strong demand from American consumers.

Exports to the United States rose 46% despite lingering tariff hikes in a trade war with Washington, customs data showed Monday.

Total exports rose to $268 billion, up from October’s 11.4% growth. Imports gained 5% to $192.6 billion, up from the previous month’s 4.7%, reflecting the growing strength of China's economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

https://journalstar.com/news/world/china-trade-surplus-hits-record-75b-as-nov-exports-soar/article_26cf7da3-d6aa-5d0a-81ad-e8a163610cdc.html

 

And as for Iran. Maybe you think it's a good idea to leave the Saudis unchecked in that region. The Trump administration is pushing to give the Saudis the ability to make nuclear fuel. You think it's wise to give MBS the capacity to make nuclear weapons?

[Sujo]

27 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Great news. America's sworn enemies are happy that President Trump may be having a 4 year break. I mean who doesn't want China, Russia and Iran to be happy. So long as the media personalities are happy too, that's important. Does Joe have any more of those pallets? The Iranians liked that didn't they. Trump never sent any pallets did he? I wonder that is why they didn't like him?

 

 Enjoy the next 4 years Iran, China and other rogue authoritarian regimes. This is your time to grow your influence and power.

I note you missed the part where he isnt pleased about biden either.

[Tug]

4 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Great news. America's sworn enemies are happy that President Trump may be having a 4 year break. I mean who doesn't want China, Russia and Iran to be happy. So long as the media personalities are happy too, that's important. Does Joe have any more of those pallets? The Iranians liked that didn't they. Trump never sent any pallets did he? I wonder that is why they didn't like him?

 

 Enjoy the next 4 years Iran, China and other rogue authoritarian regimes. This is your time to grow your influence and power.

I beg to differ I think our enemies are unhappy with Biden’s Win after all donald is indirectly responsible for more American deaths than the axis powers than ww2 absolutely exploding our deficit with nada zero zip to show for it losing a trade war destabilizing our alliances dividing America oh no sir I think our enemies are devastated that trump lost he was there greatest asset now America will start to mend unite and have a coherent foreign policy China has stepped into the vacuum that was trump what did you expect?they are far from a (rogue) power they are organized and have a plan meanwhile N Korea builds more nukes perfects it’s delivery systems no sir I disagree 

[simple1]

13 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Great news. America's sworn enemies are happy that President Trump may be having a 4 year break. I mean who doesn't want China, Russia and Iran to be happy. So long as the media personalities are happy too, that's important. Does Joe have any more of those pallets? The Iranians liked that didn't they. Trump never sent any pallets did he? I wonder that is why they didn't like him?

 

 Enjoy the next 4 years Iran, China and other rogue authoritarian regimes. This is your time to grow your influence and power.

 

Never stopping trump echo chamber disinformation is surely against forum rules. The cash returned to Iran belonged to Iran and did not violate any laws passed by Congress. 

 

trump sanctions against Iran are extremely detrimental to the people of Iran, but have not stopped or slowed Iranian uranium enrichment or other weapons R&D, in fact US unilateral withdrawal encouraged increased Iranian production of enriched uranium - as per usual trump sanctions have not benefitted the Western world. 

Edited December 16, 2020 by simple1

[ezzra]

Surprised he's got time to speak what with being busy hanging and imprisoning political dissidents, looking for the assassins and people who dare say a word against the mullahs regime... 

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2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Surprised he's got time to speak what with being busy hanging and imprisoning political dissidents, looking for the assassins and people who dare say a word against the mullahs regime... 

Sounds like MBS

[Walker88]

16 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Great news. America's sworn enemies are happy that President Trump may be having a 4 year break. I mean who doesn't want China, Russia and Iran to be happy. So long as the media personalities are happy too, that's important. Does Joe have any more of those pallets? The Iranians liked that didn't they. Trump never sent any pallets did he? I wonder that is why they didn't like him?

 

 Enjoy the next 4 years Iran, China and other rogue authoritarian regimes. This is your time to grow your influence and power.

 

The only reason 45 went after Iran is because the Obama Administration had set the stage for neutering Iran with the JCPOA (Iran Deal).

 

The goal of that was two fold, with the first being most critical:

 

1) Take Iran completely out of the nuke game

2) form a framework where the US and Iran could negotiate on a host of other issues such as support for Shi'a terrorists, etc.

 

Because of the JCPOA, Iran's nuclear reactors were filled with cement, its high speed centrifuges smashed (used for U235 enrichment), and IAEA Inspectors were allowed unfettered access at any time to any facility thought to be, or have been involved in weapons research or U235 enrichment. The 'deal' was a 104 page document put together by people who actually knew what Iran was doing and also knew how to develop a nuclear program. The CIA was tasked with monitoring Iran and stating every six months whether Iran remained in compliance with the JCPOA. Iran was always 100% in compliance. Iran was out of the nuke game.

 

One of the reasons Iran has been open to JCPOA was because of a previous action Obama had taken against Iran's nuke program using the Stuxnet computer virus. Iran came to realize what the US cyber capabilities were, and they knew the US could disrupt their nuke program via cyber hacking, perhaps not completely obviating the program, but making things more difficult. Obama had brought pressure to bear without violence, and also without alienating any potentially friendly voices in Iran.

 

US intel had analyzed Iran and came to believe that Iran's young people were tired of the repressive govt and desirous of joining the rest of the world and enjoying the comforts development could bring. It was expected that as Iran's clerical leadership aged and died off, the door would open wider to bringing Iran into the international fold.

 

Instead of trying to exploit the changing demographics and attitudes emerging in Iran, 45 was intent on destroying an Obama success. 45 and pompeo went out of their way to raise tensions with Iran. They succeeded in largely re-unifying Iran against the US, both the previously more liberal youth as well as the most hardline elements of the clerical leadership.

 

Ironically---or perhaps not---45 embraced MbS and saudi arabia, a land where male youth were becoming more radical and where democracy had little chance of ever taking hold. According to the CIA, jared and 45's 'friend' MbS even ordered the slaughter of US resident and father to two US Persons Jamal Khashoggi, because Khashoggi had long been a critic of both the monarchy in general and later MbS in particular. MbS paid no price for his order, and the US even aided him in the horrific slaughter in Yemen by providing military support to saudi forces in that Yemen war, many of which were used in the slaughter of civilians. While Iran was criticized for its support of Shi'a terrorism, nothing was said to saudi arabia about its financial support for Sunni terrorism, both al Qaeda and ISIS.  Hezbollah is a regional Shi'a terror group and does not represent a threat to the US homeland. al Qaeda, on the other hand, obviously is a threat to the US homeland. Still, 45 never pressured MbS to rein in the support for Sunni terror that comes from saudi arabia.

Edited December 17, 2020 by Walker88

[TopDeadSenter]

10 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

Because of the JCPOA, Iran's nuclear reactors were filled with cement, its high speed centrifuges smashed (used for U235 enrichment), 

So cement filled reactors still work?

 

" Iran began new operations on Monday at a heavy water nuclear reactor, the head of the country's nuclear agency said. The move was seemingly designed to intensify pressure on Europe to find an effective way around U.S. sanctions that block Tehran’s oil sales abroad."

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-starts-operations-heavy-water-reactor-67895359

 

And smashed centrifuges too? Incredible to hear this. 

 

"Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters in Vienna that the 174 centrifuges had been moved into a new area of the Natanz nuclear site and had recently begun operating.

He said that operation of centrifuges of that type was in violation of the nuclear deal Iran had signed with world powers in 2015 — known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA "

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/atomic-watchdog-iran-now-operating-natanz-centrifuges-74271912

[Walker88]

32 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

So cement filled reactors still work?

 

" Iran began new operations on Monday at a heavy water nuclear reactor, the head of the country's nuclear agency said. The move was seemingly designed to intensify pressure on Europe to find an effective way around U.S. sanctions that block Tehran’s oil sales abroad."

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/iran-starts-operations-heavy-water-reactor-67895359

 

And smashed centrifuges too? Incredible to hear this. 

 

"Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told reporters in Vienna that the 174 centrifuges had been moved into a new area of the Natanz nuclear site and had recently begun operating.

He said that operation of centrifuges of that type was in violation of the nuclear deal Iran had signed with world powers in 2015 — known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA "

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/atomic-watchdog-iran-now-operating-natanz-centrifuges-74271912

After 45 ditched the JCPOA, Iran ordered and received new equipment. Since the US abrogated, they had no further need to to remain in compliance.

 

Small medical reactors are not an effective means for producing sufficient amount of fissionable material to construct a bomb. Iran is clever enough to send trial balloons.

 

The fact is, Iran will reenter the nuke game and become a regional threat because 45 ditched the deal. His 'success' in North Korea is similar, because he got hosed nine ways from Sunday by Kim Jong-un, who intensified his nuke and missile program after sending 'beautiful love letters' to the so easily duped Narcissist 45.

[Walker88]

29 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

After 45 ditched the JCPOA, Iran ordered and received new equipment. Since the US abrogated, they had no further need to to remain in compliance.

 

Small medical reactors are not an effective means for producing sufficient amount of fissionable material to construct a bomb. Iran is clever enough to send trial balloons.

 

The fact is, Iran will reenter the nuke game and become a regional threat because 45 ditched the deal. His 'success' in North Korea is similar, because he got hosed nine ways from Sunday by Kim Jong-un, who intensified his nuke and missile program after sending 'beautiful love letters' to the so easily duped Narcissist 45.

 

At the risk of using the 45 term 'fake news', one has to look at the ultimate sourcing of any intel on Iran, as most often it comes from an 'ally' who has a vested interest in not being exactly fulsome.  A while back that same source 'produced' piles of documents on Iran's nuclear program trying to prove Iran was still in the game. Unbeknownst to them, those documents had long ago been obtained by US intel and were known to be from 2001, not in any way recent.

 

US intel knows to take certain things from an 'ally' with a big grain of salt.

[Paradise Pete]

Seems like the only way to stop people from complaining about Thais is to mention US politics and get them to complain about each other.

[ChouDoufu]

18 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Great news. America's sworn enemies are happy that President Trump may be having a 4 year break. I mean who doesn't want China, Russia and Iran to be happy. So long as the media personalities are happy too, that's important. Does Joe have any more of those pallets? The Iranians liked that didn't they. Trump never sent any pallets did he? I wonder that is why they didn't like him?

 

 Enjoy the next 4 years Iran, China and other rogue authoritarian regimes. This is your time to grow your influence and power.

 

returning their own money, on pallets or not, is much preferable to trump's signing over $33 billion in taxpayer funds to a rogue apartheid regime responsible for much of the misery and chaos in the middle east today.

 

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s Iran cash story oft-told, still bogus

https://apnews.com/article/727282bdead6489a8521059936375210

 

Edited December 17, 2020 by ChouDoufu

[meinphuket]

The pot calling the kettle black.