A senior Iranian official is responding sharply to warnings that Washington is ready to quit nuclear talks unless Tehran agrees to a deal that demonstrates it does not want atomic arms.
Ali Akbar Velayati says staying or leaving “depends on the Americans.”
Velayati was responding to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, shortly before Kerry’s arrival Sunday to Geneva. Kerry said President Barack Obama was “fully prepared” to pull the U.S. out before accepting a deal leaving Tehran with potent nuclear arms-making ability.
Their exchange may be an attempt to play to their home audiences but could also signal difficulties at the talks with only a month to go to a first-stage deal.
Iran says it does not want such weapons but is negotiating in hopes of sanctions relief.
(AP)
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The Iran/Obama deal will go through because Obama needs to show that he accomplished something during eight years of highly criticized decisions. With this agreement, he can finally display an a compliment he desperately needs for his legacy in future history books.
All this banter is drama.
an accomplishment