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Obama administration approves huge shipment of uranium to Iran

Jan 9, 2017 11:18 am By Robert Spencer

To keep Iran committed to the nuclear deal! To get the details of why this is such a cruel joke, see my book The Complete Infidel’s Guide to Iran.

“AP Exclusive: Diplomats: Iran to get natural uranium batch,” by George Jahn, Associated Press, January 9, 2017:

VIENNA (AP) — Iran is to receive a huge shipment of natural uranium from Russia to compensate it for exporting tons of reactor coolant, diplomats say, in a move approved by the outgoing U.S. administration and other governments seeking to keep Tehran committed to a landmark nuclear pact.

Two senior diplomats said the transfer recently agreed by the U.S. and five other world powers that negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran foresees delivery of 116 metric tons (nearly 130 tons) of natural uranium. U.N. Security Council approval is needed but a formality, considering five of those powers are permanent Security Council members, they said.

Uranium can be enriched to levels ranging from reactor fuel or medical and research purposes to the core of an atomic bomb. Iran says it has no interest in such weapons and its activities are being closely monitored under the nuclear pact to make sure they remain peaceful.

Tehran already got a similar amount of natural uranium in 2015 as part of negotiations leading up to the nuclear deal, in a swap for enriched uranium it sent to Russia. But the new shipment will be the first such consignment since the deal came into force a year ago.

The diplomats, whose main focus is Iran’s nuclear program, demanded anonymity Monday because they are not allowed to discuss the program’s confidential details.

They spoke ahead of a meeting this week in Vienna of representatives of Iran, the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany to review Iranian complaints that the U.S. was reneging on sanctions relief pledges included in the nuclear deal.

The natural uranium agreement comes at a sensitive time. With the incoming U.S. administration and many U.S. lawmakers already skeptical of how effective the nuclear deal is in keeping Iran’s nuclear program peaceful over the long term, they might view it as further evidence that Tehran is being given too many concessions.

The diplomats said any natural uranium transferred to Iran after the deal came into effect would be under strict surveillance by the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency for 25 years after implementation of the deal.

They said Tehran has not said what it would do with the uranium but could choose to store it or turn it into low-enriched uranium and then export it for use as reactor fuel….

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  1. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 11:23 am

    Smart move. Our ruling elites know that the way to get the Persians not to detonate a warhead over an Infidel city is to… let them have the nukes and ICBMs needed to do it. Any professor will tell you that counterintuitive is necessarily smart, and it’s too damned bad that people with common sense are stupid and don’t understand this high falutin’ logic.

    • Mitthraw says

      Jan 9, 2017 at 11:35 am

      I like your sarcasm 🙂

    • Westman says

      Jan 9, 2017 at 12:30 pm

      Sadly, this is becoming a non-controllable issue.

      Iran’s access to Uranium is about to become unstoppable due to tech advances. Any nation that borders oceans will have access to Uranium by extraction from seawater. http://www.TinyURL.com/hcyruwg

    • A Harris USA says

      Jan 10, 2017 at 12:34 pm

      Pig farmer, LOVE your name!!! Obama still has a few days to do as much damage as he can, and he will continue to do so until the door hits him in the ass. Nothing he does, gives away, pardons or lets out of Gitmo will shock me!! Keep raising the yummy pigs!! And let the Muslims keep crying about the pigs, maybe they will flee the pigs and go back to their sand pits, Koran in hand!!

  2. Vic says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    First, I thought the Iranians never signed the deal so they don’t have to abide by the wishy-washy rules they subscribed to in writing. Which makes no sense.
    And we complained loudly. But nothing changed.
    Second, Obama craftily took this deal to the UN “because it involved the international powers” and after all, it was an agreement, not a treaty. Thus, he circumvented Congress and the will of the American people.
    And we complained loudly. But nothing changed.
    Third, if this is just an agreement, and the Iranians have violated its terms on multiple occasions, that we know of, why do we have to keep up our side of the deal?
    And we complain loudly. But something has changed. We voted.
    Pray for Trump and his team. There is so much that needs to be built, dismantled, re-built, destroyed, transformed, created–domestically and internationally–not least among those is healing among the American people and renewed trust in our government to identify and call out our enemies by name and then confront them. That’s the foundation of what we voted for. Stay Firm, USA. Stay Strong! MAGA!

    • ItsJo says

      Jan 10, 2017 at 8:45 am

      Agree with you Vic, 100%, as Trump KNOWS what ‘career politicos, and Obama, along with HIS puppet master, Soros(who owns the DemoThug Party) wanted Hillary in office to “Finish the job they started…..Weaken America, Push Islam/Muslims into power within our gov’t, and Make “America answerable to the Crooked U.N. & International Law.” We HAVE A CONSTITUTION, WHICH OBAMA SHREDDED DAILY, AND HE IS DELIBERATELY DOING HIS MASTER’S BIDDING(Soros) WHO WANTED “A ONE WORLD ORDER” WHEREIN HE RULES(or his sons) ALONG WITH HIS GLOBALISTS AND ELITISTS(1%ers) WHO WOULD BE OUR RULING PARTY.”

      OUR FOUNDING FATHERS ARE ROLLING OVER IN THEIR GRAVES, AT WHAT LITTLE IT TOOK TO “DIVIDE, CORRUPT AND WEAKEN THIS REPUBLIC, THAT OBAMA, AND HIS LOYAL SUBJECTS ALLOWED(Our Congress, that were like little girls and giggled when he DEMANDED THEY OBEY HIM, FOR THE DICTATOR HE TRULY IS, AS HE TOOK DOWN THIS REPUBLIC.”

      GOD HELP PRESIDENT TRUMP TO PUT AMERICA BACK ON TRACK!

  3. Sam says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 12:23 pm

    Maybe this treason will bring us to final confrontation with Iran to decimate that evil regime once and for all.

    Why are there no protests on streets against Obama for treason? But we have protests against Trump.

    NUTS!!!

  4. Mark A says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 12:50 pm

    Just when we thought Obama was no longer in a position to do any more damage.

    I suppose we have to watch and see what more damage the Obama Administration can do before 20 January 2017.

    • Judi says

      Jan 9, 2017 at 2:45 pm

      You can be sure he’ll be doing as much damage as is possible right up until midnight on January 19.

  5. Lesley says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 12:50 pm

    @Sam: The people who would protest against Obama’s treason are busy doing productive things, and had to take time off from being productive to do the most productive thing: vote in Trump.

    The people protesting Trump either have nothing productive to do, or they have enough in the way of resources to delegate their productive tasks to others (like these ridiculous Hollywood folk).

  6. miriamrove says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 12:59 pm

    We have 11 days left before the nightmare is over. I highly doubt that the Uranium can be shipped in 11 days. That sad can Trump un do this? How does it work? Anyone can jump in. m

  7. davej says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 1:24 pm

    Just prior to leaving office he frees the Guantanamo terrorists, sends uranium to Iran and pulls support from Israel. What a great President.

  8. Walter Sieruk says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 1:49 pm

    What folly and foolishness of Obama and Kerry to feel that they could have come to a worthwhile deal of good value with that tyrannical “mullah regime” of Iran by attempting to work out a compromise with those Muslim tyrants in power in Iran. The outcome of foolishly trying to work out a compromise resulted that the hoax and farce of a “deal.” A former US President, Franklin D. Roosevelt , had well-spoken when he said “There has never been – there never can be – successful compromise between good and evil.”

    • TassieR says

      Jan 10, 2017 at 4:37 am

      Yes, he may have said it, but weren’t FDR’s own multiple successful “compromises” with evil looking but absolutely outrageous – be it his refusing the German Jews’ immigration, his silence instead of immediate publishing the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact which he had at his table the next day after signing, or, say, his Yalta betrayal of many European nations… No, the Lefties are all alike, from the FDR’s support of the Chinese Reds to Hillary/Obama’s deal of selling uranium to Russia (to be sold later to the anti-American mullahs). FDR was openly boasting that Communists are among his best friends, just like CPUSA is openly endorsing Hillary’s candidature.

  9. Angemon says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 1:49 pm

    To be fair, could Obama really stop the shipment, even if he wanted to do so?

  10. Walter Sieruk says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 1:49 pm

    Maybe Donald Trump will do much better than Obama did on handling the subject of the dangers posed by the Islamic rogue state of Iran. It’s rather obvious that Trump will do better since Obama could not have done much worse. Furthermore, it’s very obvious that the tyrants in power in this Islamic regime had and have no real or sincere intentions even for the start of keeping any of their promises in a nuclear “agreement deal” with Western nations. As for ,example ,the other month a “test firing” of a missile by Iran, In addition , it was reported on CBN on 5/7/16 only two days before this CBN report the Iran not only launched other “test firing” of missile. The “test firing” of that missile and it even had printed on that missile words in Hebrew that read “Israel must be wiped off the map.” This along exposes the vicious and destructive intention of the mullahs and others in power in this Islamic rogue state of Iran. There were other “test firing of other missiles by earlier this very year by the Islamic tyranny of Iran. This shows the gall and defiance of 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.]

    • billybob says

      Jan 9, 2017 at 5:41 pm

      The “test firing” of missile was not included in the deal that Obama made. His deal was about uranium processing..

  11. davej says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 6:28 pm

    Trump needs to stop having twitter arguments about beauty queens and Hollywood actors – he is undermining his opinions on serious subjects like Islam. I believe there is a large segment of voters who went with Trump on this one issue alone, especially as they observed the Huma/Hillary team.

    • billybob says

      Jan 9, 2017 at 7:52 pm

      Like me… I agree with almost none of the Republican platform, and think Trump is an idiot who can’t control his mouth, but I believed he might make a difference on the Islam issue. The Dems have taken so far the wrong way that if they got into power again, it would be a very, very serious situation. We just could not go one step further in that direction. It is not yet too late to turn the tide.

  12. jural says

    Jan 9, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    This time, there is not enough information about the deal. We read that Iran ships highly enriched uranium to Russia and gets natural uranium.
    Simply: it is not difficult to produce low enriched uranium from natural uranium, but it is difficult (expensive) to produce highly enriched uranium.
    Only from highly enriched uranium a bomb can be assembled, not from the low enriched uranium. From low enriched uranium only nuclear fuel for light water reactors can be assembled.
    Btw. from former European communist countries all highly enriched nuclear fuel from research reactors was shipped to Russia and these countries got low enriched uranium for their NPPs. And for example Czech Republic sends 2 cargo trains of natural uranium concentrate (yellowcake) to Russia and gets two planes of fabricated low enriched nuclear fuel. Electricity produced from the uranium covers 40 percent of Czech electricity production.

    • jural says

      Jan 9, 2017 at 6:50 pm

      … 2 cargo trains anually, ….40 percent of czech electriity production anually….

  13. G. says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 1:31 am

    I am sure Iran is delighted as well as their pals in North Korea.
    Check out this important link.
    http://chinaconfidential.blogspot.co.il

  14. Jack Holan says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 8:30 am

    People pleaser Obama (when it comes to Muslims) knows no bounds. I’m just surprised he didn’t offer them 1-intact nuclear bomb with a 3-stage ICBM. WHEN THEY TEST THEIR 1st device at the end of 2017 or during 2018 is he going to express that dumb facial exposing Ricardson, President Carter, and President Clinton had on their faces after North Korea exploded its first Nuke post “Deal”. Totalitarian Regimes lives “Deals” only one side adheres to the om points.
    So, as we bid farewell to #44 and assess how much damage he created during his 8-years in Office keep the image of him bragging about his accomplishment The “Iran. Deal” and Ben Rhodes bragging and laughing how he lied, tricked, and got the “Iran Deal” through Congress and passed the ‘dumb American Public without consequences.

  15. Jack Holan says

    Jan 10, 2017 at 8:30 am

    People pleaser Obama (when it comes to Muslims) knows no bounds. I’m just surprised he didn’t offer them 1-intact nuclear bomb with a 3-stage ICBM. WHEN THEY TEST THEIR 1st device at the end of 2017 or during 2018 is he going to express that dumb facial exposing Ricardson, President Carter, and President Clinton had on their faces after North Korea exploded its first Nuke post “Deal”. Totalitarian Regimes lives “Deals” only one side adheres to the om points.
    So, as we bid farewell to #44 and assess how much damage he created during his 8-years in Office keep the image of him bragging about his accomplishment The “Iran. Deal” and Ben Rhodes bragging and laughing how he lied, tricked, and got the “Iran Deal” through Congress and passed the ‘dumb American Public without consequences.

  16. linnte says

    Jan 11, 2017 at 2:24 am

    This is pure madness! INSANITY! OBAMA IS A TRAITOR not just to USA, but to humanity.

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