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Uzi Eden from page 35
• In analyzing all the details of the
agreement, it can be seen that Iran has
committed not to attain nuclear weapons,
by any path available to them, and can-
not enrich uranium above the lowest
level or 3.67 percent. Iran must also ship
abroad all of its current uranium stock-
piles above 300 kilograms, which is not
enough to manufacture even half of one
weapon. Additionally, the number of ura-
nium enrichment centrifuges will drop to
5,060 (at Natanz), all of which will be of
the older and less-efficient type.
• Iran's current facilities will be forced
to change: The underground facility at
Fordow will not split uranium at all; the
reactor at Arak, which is the most feared
due to its ability to manufacture a pluto-
nium bomb that can be put onto a mis-
sile, will be redesigned so that it becomes
impossible to enrich military grade pluto-
nium there. Iran also had to guarantee it
would not attempt to produce uranium at
any of its current reactors.
• Above all, the powers wield the power
of sanctions, so every aspect of the agree-
ment is tied to close inspections by the
International Atomic Energy Agency
and requires the organization's annual
renewal. In simple terms, a violation of
the deal will lead to new sanctions on
Iran, hence my confusion regarding the
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks
with Hossein Fereydoun, brother of Iranian
President Hassan Rouhani, and Iranian
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, in Vienna on
July 14.
staunch resistance inspired by this deal,
especially among non-radical elements in
Israeli politics.
It seems to me that everyone jumped
to attention before they even knew the
agreement's details, maybe due to the
Iranians' past agreement violations.
But would they really violate the deal
moments after signing it, only to return
to a sanctions regime that they love so
much?
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David Horovitz from page 35
violations, to ensure that the international
community can act with sufficient speed and
efficiency to thwart a breakout to the bomb?
No.
• Has the Iranian regime been required to
halt its arming, financing and training of the
Hezbollah terrorist army in south Lebanon?
No.
• Has the Iranian regime been required to
surrender for trial the members of its lead-
ership placed on an Interpol watch list for
their alleged involvement in the bombing,
by a Hezbollah suicide bomber, of the AMIA
Jewish community center offices in Buenos
Aires in 1994 that resulted in the deaths of
85 people? No.
• Has the Iranian regime undertaken to
close its 80 estimated "cultural centers" in
South America from which it allegedly fos-
ters terrorist networks? No.
• Has the Iranian leadership agreed to stop
inciting hatred among its people against Israel
and the United States and to stop its relentless
calls for the annihilation of Israel? No.
• Has the Iranian regime agreed to halt
executions, currently running at an average
of some three a day, the highest rate for 20
years? No.
• Does the nuclear deal shatter the pains-
takingly constructed sanctions regime that
forced Iran to the negotiating table? Yes.
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• Will the deal usher in a new era of global
commercial interaction with Iran, reviving
the Iranian economy and releasing financial
resources that Iran will use to bolster its mili-
tary forces and terrorist networks? Yes.
• Does the nuclear deal further cement
Iran's repressive and ideologically rapacious
regime in power? Yes.
"Iran will be and should be a regional
power; President Obama told the New York
Times' Thomas L. Friedman on July 14.
But Iran is a country led by a regime
that secretly pursued nuclear weapons, that
fosters unrest across the region, that calls
for the elimination of Israel, that finances,
arms and trains terrorist armies in Lebanon
and Gaza, that orchestrates terrorism
worldwide, that works to bring Europe and
North America into the range of its mis-
siles, that criminalizes homosexuality, that
discriminates against women, that jails, tor-
tures and executes political opponents, that
executes more juvenile offenders than any
other country on Earth ... that Iran must
not be allowed to become a more dominant
regional power.
This is an unconscionable, wrongheaded
agreement. It is an act of unwarranted
accommodation with a dark, dangerous and
unreformable regime — and it is going to
cost the Free World dearly.
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"AJC has been involved on a daily basis, over the past 15 years, in
following nuclear developments in Iran and consulting with govern-
ment officials in capitals around the world about the looming threat of
Iran as a threshold nuclear state. Now that the P5+1, led by the United
States, has achieved an agreement with Tehran, the key question is
will the deal enhance the security of the United States, our allies in the
Middle East and the world? If so, then it should be supported. If not,
then it must be opposed.
"Thankfully, the U.S. Congress has the mandate to thoroughly
Kari Alterman,
review, debate and, ultimately, vote on the Iran nuclear deal. We know
regional
that our members of Congress have been closely watching the issue,
director,
and will review the deal with the gravity it deserves. We look forward to
American
offering them our thoughts and queries as they undertake this incred-
Jewish
ibly important debate and discussion.
Congress
"This may be the single most important foreign policy issue of our
generation to come before legislators in Washington. As a nation, we
absolutely must get it right."
"The agreement is troubling because it allows Iran to achieve its
ultimate goal of strong regional dominance and influence as sanc-
tions are removed. Iran will use the next 15 years to improve its
economy and have significantly more resources to destabilize the
region by supporting terror and rogue regimes.
"By the eighth year, Iran is free to resume long-range missile
development; and after 15 years, it is free to build a nuclear bomb.
The agreement itself is weak and lacks key enforcement mecha-
nisms, yet even if Iran abides by 100 percent of the terms, by the
Hannan Lis,
15th year, it will be economically and military stronger than ever
president,
with the legitimacy afforded to it by the international community.
Michigan
"The idea that bringing Iran back into the community of nations
Israel
will somehow result in a regime change ignores the fact that an
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improving Iranian economy will make the regime more secure and
popular. The fact that Israeli political parties from the left to the
Bridge
right oppose this agreement makes it clear that Israelis, too, under-
stand the inherit limitations of the deal.
"While the administration deserves credit for orchestrating the most effective
international sanctions on Iran, it is forgoing what has been an effective sanctions
mechanism with a well-intentioned yet troubling agreement."
Richard
Krugel,
president,
JCRC
"The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) is deeply
concerned the Iran nuclear agreement gives in too much to Iran's
demands and gives up too much of what American, Israeli and
world interests need. The agreement's terms are too generous
- a possible 24-day delay on facility inspection requests - and
too vague to ensure the fundamental goal by which it should be
judged: preventing the mullahs from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
"The lifting of sanctions will give Iran billions of dollars to
expand its support of terrorist groups; saying the sanctions will
'snap back' if Iran cheats is little more than wishful thinking. Even
if Iran doesn't secretly continue its nuclear weapons program, it