Trump’s hawks are ramping up a campaign to shred the last part of the Iran nuclear deal
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Proponents of the nuclear deal have argued that the international nuclear projects facilitated by the waivers help give the U.S. greater visibility and intelligence into Iranian activities; critics say they give an international stamp of approval to Iran’s illicit activities. “Why would we give them anything?” asked a second Republican senator of Iran. “They just called the president mentally retarded. They are almost as bad as the Democrats now.”
“The Iranian regime continues threatening to shorten its nuclear breakout timeline by increasing its stockpile of enriched uranium and enriching uranium at higher levels — all of which is only possible because the terrible nuclear deal didn’t force Iran to permanently and irreversibly abandon its nuclear-related capabilities,” Garrett Marquis, a National Security Council spokesman, said in a statement.
In early May, under pressure from America’s European allies, the State Department extended five of the seven waivers it had originally issued allowing work on civilian nuclear projects in Iran. But instead of granting the waivers for 180 days, as it had done previously, the administration said it would review the decision in 90 days.
“Let the focus be on Iran’s violation and not on Iran’s violation and a further U.S. provocation,” said Jarrett Blanc, who served as the State Department coordinator for Iran nuclear implementation under Obama. But, he added, referring to senior Trump administration officials and their allies in Congress, “Bluntly speaking, I think that these guys are childish buffoons who tend to make the wrong decision whenever possible.
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