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Lebanon PM says presidential election is linked to an Iranian Nuke deal

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tammam-salam 2Lebanese prime minister Tammam Salam linked the election of a Lebanese president to the negotiations that are taking place between P+1 and Iran over a nuclear deal

“Any settlement over the Iranian nuclear program will pave the way to solving Lebanon’s political deadlock that left the country without a president.” Salam was quoted as saying.

His statement may be interpreted as a hint that the Iranian backed Hezbollah militant group which is the main party behind the presidential deadlock is trying to link the Nuclear deal to an Iranian green light over the presidential election.

The Lebanese parliament failed for 16 times in a row to elect a president to replace Michel Suleiman whose term ended on May 25.

In all the sessions the parliament was unable to reach a quorum because Hezbollah and its ally MP Michel Aoun’s Change and Reform bloc MPs boycotted the election sessions.

Lower-level talks continued Tuesday in the Omani capital, Muscat, after Iran, the United States and its negotiating partners failed to reach a breakthrough on a comprehensive nuclear agreement. Although a self-imposed deadline of November 24 is fast approaching, both sides hint progress toward a deal remains possible.

Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, has asked the US on Wednesday to stop making “excessive demands” in the negotiations over the country’s nuclear program, saying Tehran had already made enough compromises to reach a permanent settlement with the west when the two sides meet next week.

Most of Iran’s Arab neighbors and the west are still worried that a nuclear deal may be reached between Iran and the United States. Their concern stems from the lack of trust of the regime and also lack of trust regarding the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program, according to media reports coming from Oman.

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4 responses to “Lebanon PM says presidential election is linked to an Iranian Nuke deal”

  1. arzatna1 Avatar
    arzatna1

    As long as Hezbollah is in town , you bet we need a green light from iran

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Seems so, unfortunately … although what a deal with the world on nuclear, and an election in Lebanon have to do with each other is stupidly irrelevant, and linking them has no merit at all.
      Is everyone going nuts?
      “still worried that a nuclear deal may be reached between Iran and the United States. ”
      IS THAT A TYPO ??
      WHY would anyone be worried that a ‘deal’ could be made??
      Wasn’t it all about ‘Nuclear Non-Proliferation’??? You know … The idea that a country could make electrical power under the scrutiny of all the people who know the most about making it as safely as possible in this age of human-kind WITHOUT frying themselves OR making bombs to fry others??
      ALTHOUGH, as we know, in ‘this age’, to make electricity cleanly, safely, and less expensively – especially in a country the Sun-God Reins in – doesn’t require the most dangerous method known.
      So … you think the ONLY REASON Iran wants this ‘power’, is to actually make ‘The Bomb’?
      And they want to TIE THIS to ‘A Lebanese President’ ONLY to make sure they can then smuggle it into the country through Nastyrallah’s gang, so Lebanon becomes the place Israel will NEED to attack when the idiots decide to use it, and screw Lebanon completely??
      IS THAT THE ‘WORRY”???
      You think Iran & USA ‘dealing’ want this to happen ?

      1. Hannibal Avatar
        Hannibal

        It’s like a deck of cards on a Poker table… Unfortunately, Lebanon often gets lost in the shuffle. 😉

        1. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          Every army in history has walked over the place. There’s only one thing left – blow it out of existence, I suppose.
          But it’s about time Lebanese had a vote on that.

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