982: Iran deal back on the table. Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres
Image: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry) shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javad_Zarif) after the P5+1 and Iran concluded negotiations about Iran's nuclear capabilities on November 24, 2013 Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of Presidents, in re: General Gantz, co-prime minister, says he regrets ever having shaken Bibi’s hand. Lots of inside baseball. Gen Ya’alom. Iran enriching uranium to 20%, which is 90% of the way to bomb-ready. Installed very fast centrifuges; working on ballistic missiles, threatening to throw out all IAEA inspectors. Underground missile facility developed by the IRGC. Held a naval parade in the Persian Gulf with at least hundreds of vessels; anniversary of 2016 when Iran seized American sailors. Still holding the North Korean tanker. Drone-only drill. Biden, Burn, Blinken are all back; so are the Europeans. Are we in 1994? Euros had been left out, as all they’d contributed were obstacles; now trying to re-insert themselves in the game. No sign of change, or that they’re ready for serious negotiations. Iran, which is laid low by the virus, refuses vaccine from Israel; looking at India, China, Russia for source. US rich people offered to pay for Pfizer, but that was stopped. US is still holding some money fro Iran; but they have to live up to their JCPOA commitments, which Iran declines to do at all. Iran exploded bombs in Iraq, is mocking the suffering of US troops. On the Egyptian side of the Gaza border, Hamas destroyed family homes in an effort to expand the border crossing.