“If our interests are not met under the nuclear deal, there will be no reason for us to continue.” But their interests are being abundantly met under the nuclear deal, so it is unlikely that they will walk away. Nonetheless, note Araqchi’s high-handedness. He and other Iranian officials behave as if they are victorious and in command, and can dictate terms. Obama and Kerry have clearly given them no indication that they have anything to be concerned about no matter what they do.
“Iran Threatens to Walk Away From Nuke Deal After New Missile Test,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, March 8, 2016:
Iran on Tuesday again threatened to walk away from the nuclear agreement reached last year with global powers, hours after the country breached international agreements by test-firing ballistic missiles.
Iran’s most recent ballistic missile test, which violates current U.N. Security Council resolutions, comes a day after the international community’s nuclear watchdog organization disclosed that it is prohibited by the nuclear agreement from publicly reporting on potential violations by Iran.
Iranian leaders now say that they are poised to walk away from the deal if the United States and other global powers fail to advance the Islamic Republic’s “national interests.”
“If our interests are not met under the nuclear deal, there will be no reason for us to continue,” Abbas Araqchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, warned during remarks delivered to a group of Iranian officials in Tehran.
“If other parties decide, they could easily violate the deal,” Araqchi was quoted as saying by Iran’s state-controlled media. “However, they know this will come with costs.”
Araqchi appeared to allude to the United States possibly leveling new economic sanctions as a result of the missile test. The Obama administration moved forward with new sanctions earlier this year as a result of the country’s previous missile tests.
Iran’s latest missile test drew outrage from longtime regime critics on Capitol Hill.
“The administration’s response to Iran’s new salvo of threatening missile tests in violation of international law cannot once again be, it’s ‘not supposed to be doing that,’” Sen. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) said in a statement. “Now is the time for new crippling sanctions against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ministry of Defense, Aerospace Industries Organization, and other related entities driving the Iranian ballistic missile program.”
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) warned that the nuclear agreement has done little to moderate Iran’s rogue behavior.
“Far from pushing Iran to a more moderate engagement with its neighbors, this nuclear deal is enabling Iran’s aggression and terrorist activities,” McCarthy said in a statement. “Sanctions relief is fueling Iran’s proxies from Yemen to Iraq to Syria to Lebanon. Meanwhile, Khamenei and the Iranian regime are acting with impunity because they know President Obama will not hold them accountable and risk the public destruction of his nuclear deal, the cornerstone of the president’s foreign policy legacy.”
McCarthy went on to demand that the Obama administration step forward with new sanctions as punishment for the missile test….

Moses says
The Obama administration has made a catastrophic mistake dealing with Iranians
Spot On says
I am sure the Iranians sure got what they wanted and that Obama got what he wanted “for his retirement”.
Peter Charles says
His LIBRARY, bet the bottom line there will exceed $1 billion before the first year post Obama. Which might explain the Obama Admin’s decision not to comment or seriously oppose on the islamist Christian genocide and the ISIS/IL caliphate construction. Or is there another answer ?.
Huck Folder says
Will it contain his genuine, original birth certificate,
and all his university transcripts, and his
mohammedan ‘baptism’ papers, freely viewable?
Dennis says
Well you can get your glory NOW and HELL later, which ain’t a pretty place to be.
Custos Custodum says
The Obama administration has not made a “catastrophic mistake.”
Obama’s policy of strengthening Islam and weakening the U.S. and Europe is coming along very nicely and according to plan.
Wellington says
“The Obama administration has made a catastrophic mistake dealing with Iranians.”
Actually, this is just a middling part of the problem, the overall problem being that the Obama administration is a catastrophic mistake in its entirety. No person has harmed the interests of the American Republic, domestically, militarily or in foreign policy, more so than has Obama——-not one person, and anyone doubting or disputing this let them name that person and I will take them on from there.
DFD says
Wellington says: “….No person has harmed the interests of the American Republic, domestically, militarily or in foreign policy, more so than has Obama…”
And he will continue to do so. He will quicken the pace and up the ante. He has to, because there’s no third term. Though, Obama & Co. have an option, but extremely unpleasant for you – and us.
Yours wouldn’t be the first Senate to be marginalized and sidelined, democratic rules effectively suspended. Remember Sulla? He gave a damn about the constitution and simply marched into the city. (Nowadays, the media would certainly approve…) Once done and later disposed of, Julius and the other two formed a triumvirate. That was the end of the Republic. The Senate and it’s import? Caligula appointed a horse as a Senator, and then put the wives of the Senators into a whorehouse – just to demonstrate his esteem for the Senate.
Far fetched? It was the Senate which has ended centuries of monarchy, establish Republican rule and ensured it for several centuries, not just two. Their Senate’s democratic credentials were impeccable, their experience in governing and ensuring republican democracy was second to none; the Greeks couldn’t hold a candle in that respect. Or any other respect for that matter.
Pere LaChaise says
Every administration since Nixon’s has continued the catastrophe of abetting Wahhabi Saudi Arabia’s global jihad which has much more effective reach than Shi’ite Iran’s, and poses a bigger threat to the world by far. The way this McCarthy clown speaks its obvious he knows on which side his bread is buttered.
I am no fan of islamofascist Shiism but our choice in supporting Wahhabi medievalism has been a bigger disaster.
Angemon says
Iranian leaders read Obama well. They can get away with pretty much anything, so why not do it?
miriamrove says
Hi A! I think there is a lot more into this. The hard liners as you know in an election 2 weeks ago lost just about 70% of the seats in parliament. People came out in droves and voted them out and they are s…in their pants. They are doing everything to under mine the reformers. But it is way too late. What the hard liners fear the most is once the gates are open they will lose control. But things are moving so fast there now. Boeing is there, Exxon, Chevrolet etc…are all there. it is the largest un tapped market in the world. Hard liners have benefited from the sanctions to the tune of hundreds of billion $$$. M
billybob says
The hard liners as you know in an election 2 weeks ago lost just about 70% of the seats in parliament – to new hardliners. All potential reformers and moderates were removed from the field before the election. Every candidate was vetted by the inner council of hardliners including the Ayatollah Himself.
Pere LaChaise says
Thank you Miriam for sharing intelligent insight on Iranian Revolutionart Guard perfidy in desperation. We need to read this stuff for what it is: political speech, shadow boxing. Not to minimize any threat, but to see the deeper strategy.
Iranians are , thank God, not a bunch of camel jocks straight outta the Hejaz ( our wahhabit ‘allies’ are though). Iranians are as culturally advanced as many societies worldwide and without the dastardly meddling the US would most likely be much further along by now. Western powers, whose policy is dictated by oil companies, have preferred islamofascism to democracy in every instance.
The enmity between Shiite Iran and Wahhabi Arabs is probably the best opportunity for a positive outcome. But the US steadfastly abets the worst actors here, from Pakistan to the Kingdom.
Angemon says
I’ll defer to you, miriamrove, since you have a degree of knowledge and first-hand experience of Iran that I can only dream of 🙂
ByGeorge says
Who is not surprised? Obama is a fool and the Iranians know it. They got their billions, the Europeans have started trading with them for big market items, ships, planes, &etc. and Obama can never, will never, re-instate sanctions. It’s all over. Next is thermonuclear war. Get ready.
DFD says
ByGeorge says: “…Who is not surprised? Obama is a fool and the Iranians know it…”
I hate to tell you this: He is not a fool. On the contrary, and that’s THE problem.
Infidel from Down Under says
Iran wants nuclear weapons , I’d give them nukes express delivery straight out of the hold of a Virginia Class sunmarine
David says
This should come as NO surprise at all to anyone with a functional brain. The ARAB muslims simply CAN NOT BE TRUSTED!
And that’s the bottom line under any so called negotiations with them!
Their own bass awkward “religion” (Satan worship) teaches them, from birth, that the rest of us are merely garbage to be disposed of.
If the knife is not being held right at their filthy throats, you may always expect them to lie to “the infidel”.
mortimer says
Iranians are not ‘Arab’…they are Farsi Persians. Their version of Islam is different too.
Jay Boo says
Why in the world would David even make a point to distinguish about “The ARAB muslims”
I suspect that David already knows that (the vast majority of Iranians are not ‘Arab’) but is yanking our chain.
mortimer says
“House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) warned that the nuclear agreement has done little to moderate Iran’s rogue behavior.”
Islamic Iran is a rogue state.
Matthieu Baudin says
The old men who stole the Iranian Revolution are living on borrowed time as the youth of the republic overwhelmingly wish to see them relinquish power.
billybob says
As the youth of the republic are overwhelmingly repressed… There – fixed that for you.
Keys says
The problem is the old men and the youth follow the same basic Islamic texts for everything. So, maybe their approach will be different, but why should we hope their “end game” will be different?
jewdog says
Notice how it’s the Republicans who are less inclined to grovel. I think that speaks well for the party.
nacazo says
The great legacy of Obama,
DFD says
Robert Spencer says: “…He and other Iranian officials behave as if they are victorious and in command, and can dictate terms…”
Well, they are victorious and can dictate the terms. Unless the 4+1 (+1) wake up and put a stop it.
Explanation for 4+1 (+1): 5+1 includes Russia, 4+1 EXCLUDES Russia since they support Iran. Whilst 4+1 (+1) includes Israel – if they want to live…
My two cents.
vcragain says
Well all the Obama foes are very happy about this I realize, but no-one can claim they didn’t at least give Iran a shot at being a normal country. The Iranians I have met in my life were really good people – they are NOT Arabs and have a very different attitude in general to the world, and those I met were really sad at the way their country has been taken over by Muslim extremists. The people are hostage to their ‘Leaders’, they were our friends until the current regime took over, now the sane are trying very hard to
get back to what once was a very civilized country.
I think the US policy change and new ‘deal’ has been an attempt to give the ‘real’ Iranians a fresh chance
at getting their country back. If it does not work that is very bad for everybody, and sanctions should be slapped right back on ! That could be enough for there to be a counter-revolution that removes the current ‘leadership’.
BTW hatred of any of our democratically elected leader because you do not agree with the ideology of his followers is not conducive to solving ANYTHING – change via the polling booth is how it works – I will be extremely unhappy if the current Republican ‘leader’ gets the White House, as I consider his followers to be ignorant, altho I realize WHY they think he will ‘save’ the country, but if he wins, that is the will of the majority and has to be accepted – of course I will laugh heartily when they finally realize he does not necessarily want to do or cannot do what he says he WILL do, and they are left scratching their heads with no one to blame but themselves – I am curious how long they will wait for the results !
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Atheist Kaffur says
Lets see what the dihmmi response from this administration will be and how well it conforms to Islamic law.
Paleologos says
How would I answer iran’s threat to walk away from the deal as a current, sitting president? …
Me: “So go ahead and walk away from the deal; I was hung over when I made it, and was just going to call you to tell you the deal is off, anyway. By the way, you have two hours to evacuate all of your nuclear and missile sites, starting now, before I order every Submarine Commander in the U.S. Navy to bombard those sites continuously with bunker busting – tipped cruise missiles. We have plenty subs in range. When night falls over there, the bombardment will continue on the same sites with lots and lots of F-117A Stealth Fighter jets. Have a nice day! 🙂 ”
R/
Paleologos
Walter Sieruk says
By engaging in this “test firing” of such missiles , those mullahs and ayatollahs along those other Muslim villains in power in this tyrannical Islamic regime of Iran their total arrogant contempt for the US and the other Western nations in this so called “deal.” Those Muslim clerics and other Muslim tyrants in power in this cruel and oppressive Islamic tyranny are, in character, reflected in the Bible in Psalm 73:6-9. Which reads, “Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their mind know limits. They scoff and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression. Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.” [N.I.V.]
davej says
Never trust a Muslim. They are taught to be two-faced – you can’t make a “deal” with people so devoted to deceit, they have no intention of doing anything but that which benefits themselves. They also have major psychological disturbances around sex and death in addition to another favorite: making threats.
Islam is the “religion” of the perverted bully.
paul says
Free obola doll. Wind him up, he dumps billions and apologizes for his hated America