Brief On Iran – Dec 01/14

WASHINGTON,NOV. 25, 2014 – /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC-US) expresses grave concern in regards to the continual extension of unproductive negotiations between the Western powers and Iran on its nuclear program and warns of the potentially catastrophic consequences of enabling the Iranian regime to continue its goal of obtaining nuclear weapons. Iranian Americans and those living inside Iran innately recognize the consequences of botched diplomacy with Iran’s illegitimate leaders, now in its 4th decade.   Coupled with the loosening of sanctions against the barbaric regime who continues to  brutalize the Iranian people, these extensions provide the breathing room the regime needs to expand and complete its goal of obtaining nuclear weapons.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The Organization of Iranian American Communities (OIAC-US) welcomes the recent bipartisan resolution H.Res.754, passed by the House of Representatives, condemning the gross violations of human rights within Iran. The bipartisan legislation was introduced last week by U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), the Committee’s Ranking Member. The resolution was particularly timely as it highlights Iran’s ongoing human rights violations, and serves as a reminder of the true face of this regime, particularly as the deadline for nuclear talks approach. The clampdown on freedom of speech, the arrests of activists and the ongoing public executions has once again demonstrated that the regime and its President Rouhani are incapable of reform.

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Nov. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The Association of Iranian-Americans in New York and New Jersey, a member of the OIACUS network (OIACUS.org), has planned a rally at Ralph Bunche Park, opposite the United Nations Headquarters in NY to condemn the rapid rise in executions in Iran and the wave of acid attacks on Iranian women and call for the protection of thousands of Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty, Iraq.

The event, which coincides with the upcoming decision by the UN General Assembly’s third committee about a resolution on the violation of human rights in Iran, is scheduled for Tuesday, November 18, 2014 starting at 11:00 am.

The protesters will also urge the UN Security Council, which is meeting to hear the latest report by the Secretary General’s Special Representative for Iraq, to ensure the protection of thousands of Iranian dissidents in Camp Liberty, Iraq, and compel the Iraqi government to end the inhumane medical siege on Camp Liberty.

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TEHRAN – The day after a deadline for concluding a nuclear agreement was extended for seven months, Iran‘s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered his first remarks on the negotiations, saying that the West had failed to bring Iran “to its knees.” Meeting on Tuesday with Muslim clerics in Tehran, the Iranian capital, Ayatollah Khamenei dismissed the diplomatic and economic pressure that world powers had brought to bear on his country over its nuclear ambitions.

  Iran – Rouhani: Spinning Centrifuges would never stop

 Following nuclear talks between the Iranian regime and 5+1 countries in Vienna, Hassan Rouhani, pledges he will never crosses red lines set by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on nuclear issue. He said during these talks the centrifuges were spinning and we promised that never would stop. Speaking to the state-run TV on Monday night, he said: “We never have and never will act outside the framework that the Supreme Leader has set out as red lines, and within this framework we have succeeded and will succeed on the nuclear issue and other issues.” The regime had two key goals in the nuclear negotiations, Rouhani said, adding: “The first goal was to maintain our nuclear technology and continue on that path, and the second goal is to remove the sanctions.

VIENNA-Iran has offered no significant concessions on the key issues of enrichment and sanctions relief, Western diplomats said Saturday, but there is still time to shape a political deal setting the outlines of a nuclear accord. With the deadline for talks on Monday, western officials said the only path to an agreement now was what they had long warned of-that Tehran would wait until the very end of negotiations to make their most important concessions.

 The possible departure from nuclear talks in Vienna of top U.S. and Iranian diplomats for further briefings signals the sides are regrouping for one last attempt at sealing an agreement before a looming deadline.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will return to Paris after a stay of about 24 hours in the Austrian capital, according to his spokeswoman, Jen Psaki. After initially reporting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif “will probably” return home for consultations, the state-run IRNA news agency cited an unnamed diplomat saying not enough progress had been made to warrant the journey back.

 Nuke deal elusive as Iran digs in heels over “inalienable” enrichment rights

 VIENNA –  Secretary of State John Kerry spent hours locked behind closed doors with Iran’s foreign minister early Friday as both sides rushed to reach a final nuclear agreement that sources say is becoming increasingly elusive as a result of Tehran’s intransigence. As the United States seeks to impose clear and verifiable limits on Iran’s nuclear research work ahead of a Nov. 24 deadline, the Iranians have refused to cede any ground and are publicly insisting that its “inalienable” nuclear rights must be recognized under any final deal.

 A Nuclear Deal Is Likely to Hit Hurdles in Iran

TEHRAN – Far from the flashing cameras and microphones in Vienna, where Secretary of State John Kerry is joining Iranian and United States diplomats in a final push to reach a compromise on Tehran’s nuclear program, a different sort of political drama unfolded in the Iranian capital this week: Hard-liners got together to criticize the objects of their “worries,” as they put it, the moderates advocating a deal. In Iran, the final decision on a nuclear deal lies with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader. And if history is an accurate guide, the real debate over an accord, should one be reached, will not begin to unfold until after it is announced. When that debate gets underway, the voices of the hard-liners – the clerics, Revolutionary Guards commanders, conservative lawmakers and others who are by and large closest to the supreme leader – will be raised against any compromise on Iran’s right to enrich uranium.