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On
Enrichment,
Iran Say Right
Recognized, US
Denies,
Billion or
Million?
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
November 24 --
After the Iran
deal was
announced in
Geneva, the US
insisted that
it had not
recognized any
right to the
enrichment of
uranium.
But
while John
Kerry spoke,
Iranian
foreign
minister Zarif
said Iran
would continue
to enrich and
any claim to
the contrary
was "ballyhoo"
-- notably, an
Irish word.
Later
on a White
House
background
call, two
self-described
senior
administration
official
emphasized how
little had
been given to
Iran: $6 to $7
billion,
versus much
large harms
still caused.
On
petrochemicals,
John Kerry
refers to $1
million, while
one of the two
senior
administration
officials said
$1 billion.
But who's
counting?
ABC
television
not even
cutting to
Geneva but
staying on
college
football's
Baylor -
Oklahoma State
game, tweeted
by Inner City
Press, was picked
up by AP in
Geneva. Do
Americans care
so much about
how much harm
Obama
continues to
impose on
Iran? We'll
see.
text
journalists
were excluded,
even from
major
corporate
media, an
arbitrary
Banning that
the Free UN
Coalition for
Access
protests.
Iran's
Press TV was
all over it,
broadcasting
live well
before others
jumped in.
After Ashton's
statement,
French foreign
minister, who
as Inner City
Press reported
previously
blew up the
talks (amid
France's pitch
of military
wares to Saudi
Arabia) spoke
briefly with
French media,
with former UN
Deputy
Permanent
Representative
Martin Briens
behind him.
A
White House
background
press call
that was to
start at 10:30
pm was
superseded by
Obama going
live. He went
only six
minutes and
took no
questions,
throwing
things back to
Foreign
Minister Zarif
in Geneva.
There,
Margaret
Warner of PBS
told him that
the White
House summary
of the deal
didn't mention
enrichment of
uranium.
Zarif
smiled and
said, We only
require
respect for
that right.
And still the
White House
"background"
call hadn't
started. But
already the
push back
began,
including in
Congress. And
if they could
override a
veto and
impose new
sanctions?
Watch this
site.
Footnote:
in
the run up
there was
waste and
falsehood,
such as a
Reuters scribe
who has spied
for the UN
(click here
for documents
on that)
getting
"funky" with
selfie photos
of chicken
dinners. To
this has the
MSM descended.
Watch this
site.
Watch this
site.
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