Troubling news, once again reflective of a weak American president. America’s weakness emboldens America’s enemies.
Iran which has been boasting of its military might, insisting that the US lift sanctions. It has signed a 25-year strategic deal with China, and is now engaging in high-level talks with Russia “in order to help establish stability and combat American interventions.” America is losing its global influence, with results that could be catastrophic.
“Iran and Russia discuss ties, the Middle East, and nuclear deal,” by Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, April 13, 2021:
Tehran, Iran – Iran and Russia have held high-level talks on bilateral ties, the region, and Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers during Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov’s trip to Tehran on Tuesday.
In a meeting with Lavrov, President Hassan Rouhani said Iran wishes to expand regional cooperation with Russia on Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen in order to help establish stability and combat American interventions.
He also called for more defence and military cooperation, especially as a United Nations Security Council arms embargo on Iran ended in October 2020.
“Opening the Zionist regime’s foothold to the Persian Gulf region as a destabilising and tension-creating element will be a dangerous act,” Rouhani said of Israel, which Iran has accused of orchestrating “nuclear terrorism” on its facilities at Natanz on Sunday.
The president further said Iran and Russia should also boost bilateral economic activity, especially using private companies, in the oil, energy, transportation, and nuclear sectors.
He called on Russia to accelerate the process of delivering more doses of the Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 to Iran and said Iran is eager to finalise a plan to establish a joint vaccine manufacturing line with Russia.
Iran has so far received more than half a million doses of the vaccine, and has had difficulty in administering it as the first and second doses of Sputnik V – that need to be injected 21 days apart – are different.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers, was also a main topic of talks as multilateral talks in Vienna to restore the deal the US abandoned in 2018 will continue on Wednesday.
Rouhani said Iran wants conditions of the landmark accord to be restored to what they were in 2015 when it was originally signed.
“We are neither willing to accept anything less nor wish to achieve anything more,” the president said.
Lavrov told Rouhani that Russia is of the same opinion as Iran on the fact the US must come back into full compliance with the JCPOA, and that trying to add new conditions to the deal would not be acceptable, according to the president’s website….
Infidel says
All the chicken-hawks who want us to remain in Syria, Afghanistan and get into Yemen – we should conscript them and their families and pack them off to those countries’ front lines to fight the war they so crave. But bring US troops home! Heck, put them in DC, since the Dems have suddenly discovered a new love for them there!
Also, just yesterday, the White House was forced to concede what President Trump had been saying – that Russia was not involved in any bounties on US troops in Afghanistan. Actually, China was, but Biden will do nothing against them, either for the Chinavirus nor for this nor for being rude while at Anchorage
I’m fast coming around to the opinion that Red and Blue Areas of the US and Canada should split, and that the Blue Areas of both countries as well as the Red Areas of both countries should merge. Trump can lead the Reds, and Trudeau the Blues. I’m sure Trudeau will be acceptable to the AOCs and the Pelosis as well – he can unite the Democrats w/ the Canada Left
GreekEmpress says
+1
wpm says
I wonder if the “smartest man Joe Biden knows” his son Hunter,s lap top has so much information of the family Biden,s dirty dealing world wide that he will lead America into a world war to cover up his family,s graft?
P. Phillips says
Biden is obviously weak, but, I believe that he is complicit with the countries that are our enemies, including, Iran, China and Russia, as, he and the far left think that anything that weakens the USA will help them destroy the economic and constitutional foundations that have made us great.
Giacomo Latta says
”I’ve got COVID. What have you got?”
”I’ve got syph. Don’t do business with our temporary wives while you’re here.”
gravenimage says
Iran and Russia engage in high-level talks, discuss combating US interventions in Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen
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More of Russia playing footsie with the Mullahs…