Iran Guards denounce UN resolution on nuke deal with world powers

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Mohammad-Ali-Jafari IRGC chiefThe U.N. Security Council on Monday backed Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers but the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards attacked the resolution, underlining powerful opposition to the deal.

U.S. President Barack Obama hailed the United Nations endorsement, saying it showed last week’s accord commanded broad international support as the best way of ensuring Iran never gets nuclear weapons.

The European Union also approved the deal, which curbs Iran’s nuclear program in return for easing economic sanctions, while Germany rapidly moved to revive its once close trading relationship with Tehran.

At the United Nations, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that was negotiated as part of the agreement reached in Vienna between Iran and the six powers.

In return for lifting the U.S., EU and U.N. sanctions that have crippled its economy, Iran must accept long-term limits on the nuclear program that the West suspected was aimed at creating an atomic bomb, but which Tehran says is peaceful.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said the deal would make the world “safer and more secure”.

However, the agreement still faces opposition in the U.S. Congress and some Middle East states, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, as well as from the Revolutionary Guards and other Iranian hardliners.

Even before the Council passed the resolution in New York, top Guards commander Mohammed Ali Jafari denounced it for interfering with Iran’s military operations and crossing “red lines” set by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

“We will never accept it,” he was quoted as saying by the semi-official Tasnim News Agency.

Iranian hardliners are worried that U.N. inspectors may gain some access to sensitive military sites under the resolution, which becomes international law.

The country’s senior nuclear negotiator, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, dismissed critics’ concerns and called the resolution an “unprecedented achievement in Iran’s history”. The deal must be approved by Iran’s National Security Council and later by Khamenei. Parliament’s role is not clear.

SIGNAL TO CONGRESS

The EU’s approval of the deal with the United States, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany marked a first step toward lifting Europe’s economic sanctions against Tehran. The bloc hopes this will send a signal that the U.S. Congress will follow.

In a message mainly aimed at skeptical voices in Congress and strong resistance from Israel, EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels stressed that there was no better option available.

“It is a balanced deal that means Iran won’t get an atomic bomb,” said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.

Congress now has 60 days to decide whether to approve or reject the deal.

Power appeared to try to address some of the concerns shared by Congressional conservatives and some in the Middle East. The deal “doesn’t change our profound concern about human rights violations committed by the Iranian government or about instability Iran fuels … from its support for terrorist proxies to its repeated threats against Israel, its other destabilizing activities in the region”, she said.

Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Gholamali Khoshroo, rejected the U.S. accusations as baseless. “The country that invaded two countries in our region and created favorable grounds for the growth of terrorism and extremism is not well placed to raise such accusations against my country,” he told the Council.

Passage of the U.N. resolution triggers a complex set of coordinated steps agreed by Iran during nearly two years of talks with the powers.

It says that no sanctions relief will be implemented until the International Atomic Energy Agency submits a report to the Council verifying that Iran has taken certain nuclear-related measures outlined in the agreement.

Under the deal, the major powers which signed the accord don’t need to take any further action for 90 days. Then they are required to begin preparations so they are able to lift sanctions as soon as the IAEA verification report is submitted.

KEEN TO DO BUSINESS

Some countries are already keen to do business with the oil exporter. Germany and Iran moved tentatively on Monday towards reviving trade, anticipating the lifting of the sanctions.

Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, making the first top level German government visit to Tehran in 13 years, indicated that a ministerial-level meeting of a long dormant German-Iran economic commission would take place early next year in Tehran.

For decades, Germany was Iran’s biggest trading partner in Europe. German exports there hit 4.4 billion euros in 2005 but then slumped to 1.8 billion by 2013 as the West tightened the sanctions.

The trip is a delicate one for Gabriel, who is also Vice Chancellor, partly because of Germany’s close ties to Israel, Iran’s sworn enemy.

Gabriel said better economic ties depended on Iran improving relations with Israel. “For us Germans, Israel’s security is of great importance,” he told a news conference.

At the same news conference, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif did not touch on the issue of Israel directly, but said: “Of course we have differing political views. But we can talk about these differences of opinion.”

REUTERS

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14 responses to “Iran Guards denounce UN resolution on nuke deal with world powers”

  1. Hannibal Avatar
    Hannibal

    Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards: The stooges of the Mullahs want their nation to stay under siege so Iranians stay under their control… Your days are numbered. Iranian youth will topple your backward mentality soon.

    1. Caribbean Avatar
      Caribbean

      Under siege? Iran is the most stable country in the middle east,archived wonders under the so called “painful sanctions”.If it were Saudi Arabia it would’ve collapsed like Iraq under sanctions.

      1. Hannibal Avatar
        Hannibal

        OK Iranian 😉
        I have many Iranian friends who visit quite often the motherland… They beg to differ… I am not comparing Saudi to Iran as I could care less for either… They tell me that the festivities for lifting the sanctions were more than a 3eid’s festivities…
        No Iranian with noodles will support the Islamic regime imposed on Iran by Arab Mullahs 😛

        1. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
          Michaelinlondon1234

          But would you like to see every city in Iran treated to carpet bombing the way the US did with Baghdad, All over Iraq and Libya?
          Keep in mind 2 things…
          Iraq had withdrawn its troops as per the UN agreement from Kuwaiti.
          Libya had made peace with the “West” then the West slaughters the country….And still have all of the Libyan wealth stored in their vaults.

          1. Hannibal Avatar
            Hannibal

            I never championed any extreme and imperialism is the most evil form of it… The reasons they came after Saddam and Gaddafi is simple… Both tried to change the currency exchange for oil away from the dollar… It has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with controlling wealth.
            As to Sepp Holzer this is awesomely impressive… But why send it to me? send it to Monsanto 😛 😉

          2. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
            Michaelinlondon1234

            Please pass on to your Iranian friends and ask them to pass along if they like and any one else you think mite like the video. This is about promoting good things in life…I am happy you liked.

          3. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
            Michaelinlondon1234

            The way I figure it is 5-6000 years ago you could go from beruit to eastern Iran and it would have been mixed forest and grasslands. Over grazing and cutting trees over thousands of years have shaped the landscape. It is time to rebuild some forests?

          4. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            I really think you should buy the farm … and be happy in the quiet. 😉

          5. Michaelinlondon1234 Avatar
            Michaelinlondon1234

            While the USA drops thousands of different types of barrel bombs on people? I figure while the mass murderers from the British government and US government are slaughtering people in the area I would hang out ..

      2. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        What? You forgot ‘Green’ already??

      3. nagy_michael2 Avatar
        nagy_michael2

        Yes i agree Iran is stable since they pay and use every terrorist on earth to attack somewhere else. so what do you expect from doing that of course stability. But it took the Iranians a lot of years to remove the Shah and it will take a lot to remove the current regime no one can denies that. but these clowns keep clapping and jumping up and down. yes the UN passed the resolution but if Iran thinks its going to mess with the west and the arab countries and add israel to the equations then your nuts will be crushed.. you know what i mean jelly bean..

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    AND the ‘funny’ response by North Korea … who we guess is also tired of hearing from Iranian ‘Guards’.
    http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/07/north-korea-says-no-thanks-to-nuclear-deal.html

  3. Rascal Avatar

    This deal will collapse before it gets implemented.

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