Iranian official calls for negotiations with Washington in Iraq

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Trump Says He'll Keep Base in Iraq to 'Watch Iran'

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Feb.04 -- President Trump is standing by his plans to reduce the U.S. military footprint in the Middle East, but he said he intends to maintain a presence in Iraq to keep tabs on Rival Iran. Trump also said he would ignore the advice of his intelligence officials on Iran if their views run counter to his own. Bloomberg's Riad Hamade reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East."

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Deputy: Trump's statements contradicted Washington's letters regarding the presence of its troops on our territory

 

 

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Rep. Reed Fahmi, a coalition of reform and reconstruction coalition, said on Monday February 4, 2019 that US President Donald Trump's statements contradicted all the US administration's announcements about the presence of its troops in Iraq. He called on the government to establish a clear and accurate vision of Iraq's need for any International military support or presence. 

Fahmi said in an interview with Al-Masalla that there is a political consensus in addition to the fact that the constitution clearly indicated that Iraq can not be allowed to become an arena for settling accounts and conflicts between states. "Our primary goal is to distance Iraq from polarization and bias To focus on the expense of the other and to focus on construction and reconstruction. "

He added that "any attempts to engage Iraq in regional conflicts and turmoil is unacceptable and Iraq can not be a starting point against any of the neighboring countries," pointing out that "it is not in the interest of Iraq to engage in any regional conflicts, and all the agreements concluded by Iraq and the latest strategic agreement with Washington did not talk about the use of our territory to control or attack neighboring countries or interfere in the affairs of others.

He pointed out that "Trump's remarks yesterday were contradictory to all the messages that the US administration sent earlier when the issue of US presence on our territory was raised, as it was emphasizing the lack of rules or intention to intervene in the Iraqi issue," stressing that "Trump's statements represented the proposals In contravention of existing agreements and contrary to the sovereignty of Iraq. " 

Fahmy added that "in accordance with the new reality and after the victories achieved by our security forces against the factions of the terrorist da'eef, we need to redraw the mechanisms of the presence of US forces and the reasons for presence if they are necessary according to what the government sees fit for Iraq and the supreme interests of the country." "To give the parliament a clear and accurate vision of the extent of Iraq's need for any international military presence or support during the current stage and what plans to enable our forces to develop their skills to ensure the future need for any foreign presence."

On February 3, 2019, US President Donald Trump revealed his intention to keep his troops in Iraq, pointing out that the aim was to "monitor" Iran.

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Trump wants US military in Iraq to 'watch Iran'

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US official warns of 'significant problems' if Hezbollah channels funds through Cabinet

The U.S has long attempted to root out Hezbollah from Lebanon's banking sector.

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In this photo from April 13, 2018, supporters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah hold a banner with his portrait and Arabic words that read: "All the loyalty to the man of nobility." (AP /Hussein Malla)

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BEIRUT: The U.S would have "significant problems" with Hezbollah using ministerial portfolios to funnel funds in support of its "terrorist agenda,"  a senior U.S government official said Thursday during a round table interview in Beirut. 

Marshall Billingslea, who is currently serving as the Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing in the U.S Department of the Treasury, said that his government will keep a close eye on "what role Hezbollah will play" in the upcoming Cabinet, amid mounting concerns that heavy sanctions will be handed down on various Lebanese institutions. 

"We are awaiting the formation to see how that will play out," he said. 

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah has all but secured three portfolios in the upcoming government, including the crucial Health Ministry which could see its international funding dwindle if headed by a Hezbollah member. 

The U.S plan to curtail Hezbollah's influence in Lebanon is part of its larger "economic pressure campaign" against the party's regional sponsor Iran, which has taken its toll on the party's finances given Tehran's financial difficulties, Billingslea said.

The U.S has long attempted to root out Hezbollah from Lebanon's banking sector while some observers fear sanctions would not only impact the party but Lebanon as a whole. 

"We are making good progress at driving Hezbollah out of the banking sector," Billingslea said while calling for legislative reforms to tackle issues posed by "secret bank accounts."

"The government must have the ability to block and freeze accounts that are associated with Hezbollah' illicit activities," Billingslea argued. 

Prompted on if the U.S is advocating for the abolishment of Lebanon's banking secrecy, Billingslea maintained that "confidentiality in banking is essential" yet expressed concern over bank accounts whose true beneficiary remains unknown. 

While Billingslea has reiterated his government's commitment to Lebanon’s financial stability and overall satisfaction with the banking sector’s compliance with U.S sanctions and regulations, he appealed Lebanese officials to ensure that Hezbollah "stays away from the banking sector."

"They do not need to contaminate the banking sector," he said, as fears over new sanctions have gained tractions in recent months. 

Asked about civil action lawsuits filed by a group of American citizens against 11 Lebanese banks being accused of providing material support to Hezbollah's "terrorist activities," Billingslea refrained from commenting on the matter, reiterating that "it's a civil action."

Lebanese banks could also find themselves in hot water for merely dealing with Hezbollah ministers and MPs who deposit their government paychecks, he said, calling on "private banks and others to be very cautious about banking any Hezbollah members, regardless of what title they've been awarded."

Coupled with the threat of broadened sanctions on the self-proclaimed "party of God," Lebanon has also seen its debt to GDP ratio balloon to over 150 percent, while its imports greatly exceed its exports, resulting in a significant trade and balance of payment deficit.

"There are pressing financial and economic issues that need to be addressed," Billingslea said, maintaining the need for the new government to implement "reforms to tackle corruption" and release part of the $11 billion international aid package aimed at kick starting Lebanon's economy. 

Lebanese officials have been unable to come to terms over the makeup of the new Cabinet, with the crisis soon entering its ninth month as opposing parties continue bickering over the allocation of shares. 

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URGENT Saleh: We will wait for clarification from Washington on the preparation of US forces and its mission (expanded)

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(Baghdad: Al Furat News) President Barham Saleh responded to US President Donald Trump's comments on the presence of US forces in Iraq and its monitoring of Iran.

"Iraq will discuss these statements and the American presence in its constitutional institutions," Saleh said at the events of the 2019 International Forum of Rafidain, which was launched today in Baghdad. "The American presence in Iraq is within legal contexts." 
"Trump did not ask permission from Iraq for a US military presence to monitor Iran," he said. 
"US forces are in Iraq under an agreement between the two countries," he said. "We will wait for a clarification from Washington on the numbers and mission of US forces." 
US President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he intends to keep his troops in Iraq to "monitor Iran." 
Trump said in an interview on Sunday:
"This is something that many people do not understand. We intend to continue monitoring. If there are problems or wants to manufacture nuclear weapons or other things, we will know before they do that," he said. 
Trump confirmed that some US military personnel to be withdrawn from Syria would join US forces in Iraq. 
Trump, however, criticized US military intervention in Iraq, calling it "one of the biggest mistakes the United States has made in history."

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Iran Nuclear Head Brags About Violating JCPOA

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01 February 2019

 

ALI AKBAR SALEHI, THE HEAD OF IRAN’S ATOMIC AGENCY

By Pooya Stone

The head of Iran’s Atomic Agency has bragged about violating the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, by never fully dismantling their nuclear sites.

Ali Akbar Salehi told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday that the country had not filled its reactor with cement, but had instead only destroyed the tubes that the fuel goes through, having already bought replacement tubes that they hid from the West.

Previously, Salehi had gone on state TV to reveal that the mullahs hid their efforts to keep their nuclear programme alive long after the nuclear deal was signed.

He said: “We had bought similar tubes, the same quantity, we were told to fill the main tubes with cement, so we poured cement in those tubes ... but we did not say that we had other tubes because if we did, they would have said, sir, pour cement in those as well ... We are going to use the same tubes now. Now we have those tubes."

Salehi admitted that this had been kept a secret to most in Iran, but that Supreme Leader Khamenei, who warned the nuclear negotiators not to trust the other signatories to the deal, approved it.

He quoted Khamenei as saying: “We have to be alert and calculate the process of possible return. In other words, we should not eliminate all the bridges behind us.”

This makes it clear that the Iranian Regime did not ever intend to keep to the nuclear deal, given that their negotiations were built on lies, which indicates that their nuclear programme is not peaceful in the slightest and the Regime’s true goal is a nuclear bomb.

In fact Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, had warned about both when the deal was being negotiated and long beforehand.

In 2013, she said: "Any leniency, hesitancy, and concessions by the international community will prompt Khamenei to once again move toward manufacturing through deception and cheating.”

This was far from the first time that the Iranian Resistance warned about Iran’s nuclear programme, in fact, they were the group to reveal it to the world and the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) in 2002, due to the very real dangers posed by a rogue regime with a nuke.

Earlier this month, Salehi also revealed that thanks to additional research and development, Iran is now able to increase its uranium enrichment to 20% - far above the amount stipulated in the nuclear deal –just four days after getting the order form Khamenei.

The EU, Russia, and China must pull out of the nuclear deal, as the US has already done.

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Iran Cannot Save Its Banking Sector

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22 January 2019

 

 

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London, 22 Jan - There is little chance of Iran being able to save its damaged banking sector as US sanctions really take their toll on the economy, causing bad loans to mount up, according to a new report.

The report, released on Tuesday by Fitch Solutions, said: “Many Iranian banks are in need of recapitalisation and restructuring, having accumulated high levels of non-performing loans. We see little scope for meaningful progress.”

In the short term, it is unlikely that Iran’s financial sector will collapse outright, but the report advises that consolidation is needed, as years of government interference with lending practices and weak regulations have caused fragility in the sector.

Under previous sanctions, which were lifted under the 2015 nuclear agreement, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iranian banks offered up to 30% interest on deposits as they were that desperate for the cash.

The report said: “We, therefore, expect bank lending standards to remain weak, and this – coupled with deteriorating macroeconomic conditions – will likely cause non-performing loans to increase further.”

IRAN’S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS

The reimposition of US sanctions caused government revenues to drop dramatically, especially those targeting Iran’s lucrative oil industry. This caused a recession in Iran in 2018 – something likely to continue for the rest of this year.

However, Iran’s economy was already deeply affected by the decades of mismanagement and corruption by the mullahs.

The rial began dropping in value against the US dollar in April and hit record low after record low, which only became more pronounced after the oil sanctions came into place in November. In total, the rial lost 70% of its value and banks, having not learnt their lesson, are promising high interest rates to attract deposits.

Fitch warned, “Banks look set to continue to fund lending activities by borrowing from the central bank, which in turn will result in persistently high money supply growth and inflation.”

Fitch said that the President Hassan Rouhani administration appears to be abandoning pro-market and banking sector reforms, which could increase international investment despite US sanctions, in favour of a “resistance economy”.

The report read: “Many hardliners are fundamentally opposed to opening up the banking sector to international scrutiny, arguing that this would limit Iran’s ability to maintain strategic depth via ties to non-state actors and increase its dependence on external actors.”

Simply, it is clear that the Iranian Regime is unwilling to fix the economic problems and that Iran will only be economically sound again, once the mullahs have fallen and the people have taken control.

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How Iran sees INSTEX trade mechanism insult to Iranian dignity

Europe has shown good faith toward Tehran since the US pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal last May, and promised to launch a financial mechanism to enable Iran to counter President Donald Trump’s sanctions, American-Iranian thinker Camelia Entekhabifard wrote.
This plan was for a “special-purpose vehicle,” or SPV, to protect European companies that did business with Iran from becoming entangled in US sanctions. The aim was to persuade Iran to remain committed to the nuclear deal, and at the same time to show Trump that the EU’s interests were not necessarily exactly aligned with those of the US, Arab News reported. 
Finally, after months of debate, and even threats from Iran to withdraw from the deal if this “vehicle” did not run soon, last week the UK, Germany and France turned on the ignition.
Disappointingly, the vehicle’s engine appears to be insufficiently powerful to take the ayatollahs where they want to go. Indeed, it is no longer even called a vehicle. The new name is INSTEX, or “Instrument in support of Trade Exchanges.” And rather than help Iran with financial transactions, it will concentrate instead on trade in humanitarian aid such as food and medicine. 
Iran’s hard-liners are already calling INSTEX an insult to Iranian dignity and public morals, and have demanded that it be rejected. Nevertheless, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesmanBahram Qasemi welcomed the initiative and called for its full implementation.
In fact, the new mechanism is nothing more than a mouthful of promises. It is limited to medicine and food, with no mention of the EU’s willingness to import oil from Iran — which they promised, and which is an important issue for Tehran.

 

All trade with Iran will have to be legal and transparent, in other words not subject to sanctions. Even trade in humanitarian goods is subject to Iran’s implementation of its action plan to comply with the requirements of the international Financial Action Task Force on money laundering and terrorist financing. 
Of course, for millions of ordinary Iranians suffering from economic hardship and struggling every day to support their families, the difference between INSTEX and an SPV is irrelevant. Indeed, during a harsh, cold winter, when they have to stand in line for hours to buy imported frozen beef limited to 2kg per family, it is an insult. 
The nuclear deal promised Iranians normal relations with the rest of the world, not more trouble having to seek emergency humanitarian assistance. 
No one blames the EU for not being able to help Iranians in their time of need. Indeed, many are asking why the ayatollahs’ best friends, Russia and China, have done nothing to confront Trump’s sanctions.
At least Europe has shown good faith, although relations with Tehran recently worsened. The EU imposed sanctions over Iran’s missile tests and its assassination plots on European soil, and remains keen to address these issues round a negotiating table. 
In the end, Europe’s relationship with Iran is unlikely to be any better than America’s — but its security and financial interests require a small open door to Tehran.

 

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/35954/How-Iran-sees-INSTEX-trade-mechanism-insult-to-Iranian-dignity

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EU is ‘gravely concerned’ by Iran’s ballistic missile activity

February 04, 201920:26

BRUSSELS: The European Union said on Monday it was "gravely concerned" by Iran's ballistic missile launches and tests and called on Tehran to stop activity that deepened mistrust and destabilised the region.
"Iran continues to undertake efforts to increase the range and precision of its missiles, together with increasing the number of tests and operational launches," the European Union said in a rare joint statement on Iran.
"These activities deepen mistrust and contribute to regional instability."

 

 

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EU a lot closer than the US. Hmmmmmmmm

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EU a lot closer than the US. Hmmmmmmmm

 

“ gravely concerned “ .... better late than not at all. They’re greedy Socialists who might be waking up to the fact “ appeasement “ doesn’t work. 

 

We know it — but these people are an arrogant bunch. Hopefully it’s not too late for the EU. Iran might one day hold the EU to some sort of leverage with the threat of “ graves “ if the EU doesn’t play Ball. 

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These bunch of morons, their just about as stupid as these Iraqi clowns. 

I’m sure Trumps phone is burning up with calls I told you so, not...

You probably won’t hear anything from John Kerry or Barack on these missiles either...

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EU is ‘gravely concerned’ by Iran’s ballistic missile activity

 

And yet they are working on a method to bypass US sanctions on Iran....brilliant !!!   

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Iraqi anger over Trump's provocative statements

Monday, February 04, 24

 

Parliament receives draft law on the withdrawal of foreign forces and demands to cancel the agreement with Washington 
Baghdad / follow-up morning 

 

President of the Republic Dr. Barham Salih said that "US forces in Iraq have no right to act on anything other than the signed agreement." President of the House of Representatives Mohamed Halbusi, the Council received the draft law on the withdrawal of foreign troops - including the US - from Iraq, while the main political blocs expressed anger at Trump's statements and called for a firm stance on them, and demanded members of the House of Representatives from various blocs, cancel the «strategic agreement» signed between Baghdad and Shenzhen Ton. 
Official statements

President Barham Saleh expressed his surprise at US President Donald Trump's statements about the US presence in Iraq, pointing out that Iraq is waiting for clarification from Washington on the numbers and mission of the US forces, noting that " "He added that« these forces are not entitled to control many things, including control of Iran », adding that« we will not allow this thing ».

President Saleh stressed that «Iraq does not want to be a party or the axis of conflict between multiple countries», pointing out that «Trump did not demand Iraq to a military presence to monitor Iran», and added during a speech at the Rafidain dialogue, which began on Monday, «We will wait for clarification From Washington on the number of US troops and mission, "explaining that" our mission is to develop relations with our neighbors, including Iran, "and pointed out that« Iraq will discuss these statements and the American presence in its constitutional institutions ».

In turn, said the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halboussi: The «Presidency of the House of Representatives received the proposal of a bill signed by 52 deputies from various political blocs to withdraw foreign forces and organize its presence in Iraq», adding that «the file of foreign presence in Iraq need clarification from the government Because the House of Representatives does not know the details of their presence and functions in detail ».

Al-Halbusi said during a dialogue session at the Rafidain forum in Baghdad on Monday that the presidency of the House of Representatives "to ask a parliamentary question to the government on the number of US and foreign forces in Iraq, as well as the extent of need for foreign advisers in the country."

Al-Halbusi added that «Iraq seeks to balance relations with neighboring countries and not to enter any regional conflict», noting that «Iraq has a very serious relationship with Iran and seeks to develop relations with all countries of the Arab Ocean».

The First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Hassan Karim al-Kaabi considered on Sunday, what the US President on the extension of the presence of his forces in Iraq and justified by monitoring neighboring countries, «a flagrant violation of sovereignty and flagrant violation of the Constitution», while stressing that «Iraq will not be a platform to attack Or the control of any country ».

 

Statement of Reform and Law

For his part, the President of the Coalition for Reform and Reconstruction, Mr. Ammar al-Hakim, that Iraq will not be allowed to be a starting point for the threat of neighboring countries.

"We strongly reject Iraq as an arena for settling regional and international accounts, or a platform for monitoring, provoking or attacking neighboring countries," Hakim said in a tweet on Twitter.

"Based on the Iraqi constitution, which states that Iraq is not a threat to the security and stability of the region and the world, we consider the tendency to make our territory a threat to our national interests and our Iraqi security," he said.

The parliamentary bloc of state law, confirmed by the spokesman Bahaa al-Din Nouri, that the House of Representatives will have a serious pause with the beginning of the next legislative term toward the presence of US forces on Iraqi soil.

Al-Nouri said in a press interview that «there are strong and strong movements to end the US presence on Iraqi territory, especially after the continuing violations of these forces and roaming outside the controls of the agreement concluded between Iraq and Washington in 2011», noting that «the agreement with Washington clearly pointed to The exit of US combat forces and the maintenance of advisers and trainers within the military bases only ».

Al-Nouri added that "the presence and movement of US forces in the western areas in addition to the movements on the border with Syria, with the presence of some terrorist groups are moving there, in addition to the presence of some reservists and groups calling the terrorist in the western regions represents a great danger should be faced and find quick solutions to it, That «the House of Representatives will have a serious pause with the beginning of the second legislative term toward the US presence in Iraq».

 

Heads of coalitions

President of the victory coalition, Haider Abadi, expressed his rejection of Trump's comments on the presence of US forces in Iraq and its monitoring of Iran.

Abadi said in a statement received by al-Sabah: "Talk about American bases and their use to confront neighboring countries is contrary to the Iraqi constitution and the agreements between Iraq and the United States, which were agreed upon at all stages of American participation within the International Alliance for the fight against the dodder, The American participation in the coalition forces in accordance with Iraqi sovereignty for the purposes of logistical support, intelligence and military training ».

He pointed out that «talking about US military bases in Iraq for the purposes of confrontation complicates the relationship with neighboring countries and presents the relationship with the United States to unexpected crises, and violates the sovereignty and independence of Iraq», and called Abadi, the US administration to «review its position and reconsider these comments, which destabilizes the relationship between Baghdad And Washington and create a negative atmosphere is not justified, and we call on the Iraqi government to confirm our firm position that the use of Iraqi territory against any neighboring country and any party.

The head of the National Coalition, Iyad Allawi, commented in a tweet on Twitter, saying: «We categorically reject the policies of regional acquisitions and any form of interference in the Iraqi issue or that Iraq is the scene of a regional or international conflict» Allawi added that «an Arab Foreign forces on Iraqi soil should be within the agreements are clear and informed and with the approval of the House of Representatives ».

Parliamentary mobility

The head of the parliamentary reform and reconstruction bloc, Sabah al-Saadi, stressed that the law of ending the agreement (Sofa) and the removal of US forces from Iraq became a national necessity after Trump's remarks.

Al-Saadi said in a statement received by the «morning», «we have shown earlier when we submitted the proposal to end the agreement (Sufa) and the abolition of the third section of the strategic framework agreement between Iraq and the United States that this proposal is to maintain national sovereignty, which is repeatedly violated because of the practices of US forces and Some objections at the time for many reasons, including not to read the regional and international arena well by some ».

Al-Saadi called on the political forces, elites and academic cadres and the masses of the Iraqi people to "unite ranks and meet on one word to prevent the violation of Iraqi sovereignty." He also called on the House of Representatives in general and his presidency in particular to expedite the legislation of the proposed law, Third of the Strategic Framework Agreement ».

In the same context, the Alliance revealed that the signing of 100 deputies so far on the legislation of the law of the removal of foreign troops from Iraq during the first sessions of the House of Representatives in the second legislative term. The MP said the alliance Badr Zeidi in a press statement, "More than 100 deputies signed up Now on the legislation of the law of the removal of foreign troops from Iraq during the first sessions of the second legislative term, "calling on national forces to« accelerate the legislation of the law of the removal of foreign troops from the country ». He added Zeadi,« All forces are invited to alliance with others to legislate the law in the next meeting away On external pressures For internal », adding that« directed by foreign forces is just around the corner and that the law is ready for legislation ».

Conquest and communism

The Fatah alliance also rejected Trump's statements about the use of Iraqi land as a US troop base to target neighboring countries.

"The House of Representatives will hold an emergency meeting in the coming days to discuss the US combat presence in the country and vote on the draft of the removal of these forces," said a member of the coalition Thamer Deiban said in a press statement: "The US forces located in a number of Western and northern provinces are combat forces, Training elements as rumored. "

"All the political forces, including the Fatah alliance, will not allow Washington to use the territory of Iraq as a base to target or spy on neighboring countries," he said. "Trump's statement of building high-cost US bases in the country is a clear declaration of re-occupation of Iraq and violation of sovereignty. Iraq, as well as breach of the strategic agreement concluded between Baghdad and Washington ».

For his part, the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Iraq MP Raed Fahmi, that «the strategic framework agreement provides for the absence of any US military bases in Iraq, as well as the threat of any neighboring country through Iraq and this is contrary to Trump said that the existence of military bases In Iraq and his intention to use it to monitor neighbor Iran ».

He added that «these statements are very disturbing and a clear violation of the strategic framework agreement with Iraq, and the parliament and the government to re-evaluate seriously in order to prevent the slide of Iraq in a regional crisis» Fahmi, that «all blocks reject the US presence in Iraq», calling The government to «set a clear timetable for the removal of military experts and foreign advisers in security institutions».

 

Legislation law

The Iraqi National Congress, called on political forces to legislate a law that restricts US moves in Iraq, to preserve national sovereignty.

The party said in a statement received by Al-Sabah: "The Iraqi National Congress follows all the American positions and statements concerning the military and security presence in Iraq, which Trump affirms, the survival of US forces in Iraq under the pretext of (monitoring Iranian activity in the region)," In Iraq, to the need to unite the class and the speech towards the recent US moves in Iraq, and restricting movement and law in accordance with the common interests away from the policies of superiority and hegemony and imposition of the status quo and preserve and maintain the sovereignty of Iraq and the dignity of Iraqis.

A member of the parliamentary security and defense committee MP Nayef al-Shammari, stressed that «Iraq is not a land or a colony of America or its president Trump to act as you like or decide to establish military bases to control the rest of the countries», stressing that «the government and parliament will have a real and clear position towards the statements Trump, because the sovereignty and security of Iraq is a red line and we will not allow any party to bypass them ».

 

Modern resistance

For his part, the Secretary General of the movement of Asaib Ahl al-Haq Sheikh Qais al-Khazali: "Iraq is a politically strong state, and there is an Iraqi parliament, most of its deputies reject in principle the presence of US forces and believe that the Iraqi parliament is determined to issue a decision rejecting, Iraq is capable of imposing a sovereign national decision not to use Iraqi territory as a platform, "adding that" if US forces come with armies and fleets and ready to lose (seven trillion dollars) and it was needed for us, we are ready. "

The spokesman of the Hezbollah Brigades Mohammed Mohie, said in an interview: The «American goal of the military presence in Iraq to face the axis of resistance», adding that «Trump declaration an explicit declaration of occupation of Iraq and a new phase of confrontation».

"The Anbar clans reject the American presence in the province under any pretext," the office spokesman Sufian al-Ithawi told a news briefing. "The necessity of America's commitment to the text of the security agreement between Baghdad and Washington, .

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EU is ‘gravely concerned’ by Iran’s ballistic missile activity

February 04, 201920:26

BRUSSELS: The European Union said on Monday it was "gravely concerned" by Iran's ballistic missile launches and tests and called on Tehran to stop activity that deepened mistrust and destabilised the region.
"Iran continues to undertake efforts to increase the range and precision of its missiles, together with increasing the number of tests and operational launches," the European Union said in a rare joint statement on Iran.
"These activities deepen mistrust and contribute to regional instability."

 

 

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The Deep State is not just in the US it is all over the world.  IMO, just like in our country there are factions which support and detest globalism.  As far as Iran I do believe that Europe/EU is trying desperately to trade with Iran because many people in all the countries who made this deal with Iran have the potential to be exposed for corruption.  Remember this? 

 

Iran’s Foreign Minister Threatens To Expose Western Diplomats Who Took Bribes To Create The Iran Nuclear Deal

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Iran is not happy.

 

When Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal on Wednesday, European companies were faced with a stark choice. Do they continue doing business in Iran and risk being prohibited from doing business with the United States and with any bank who does business with the United States? Or do they pull out of Iran? The answer to that question will become more clear in the next few weeks as Steve Mnuchin and the green eyeshades guys in Treasury begin to reimpose pre-2015 sanctions (I have to say, Mnuchin is the first Treasury Secretary I’ve seen who seems positively gleeful about slapping malefactors with sanctions, I hope it becomes a tradition).

Iran has released this video:

And this letter:

Javad Zarif

 

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Statement by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on U.S. Government withdrawal from the nuclear deal (#JCPOA) https://goo.gl/GgFiqV 

 

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There is an interesting section in the letter:

Shortly before Trump withdrew from the agreement, Zarif’s spokesman had something to say which seems related to that section:

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H.J.Ansari Zarif’s senior advisor: “If Europeans stop trading with Iran and don’t put pressure on US then we will reveal which western politicians and how much money they had received during nuclear negotiations to make #IranDeal happen.”
That would be interesting.#JCPOA

 

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I wish I could say I was shocked that Iran was paying off Western diplomats and officials to negotiate a deal that gave it everything it wanted and demanded nothing in return.

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#SOU2018 "I believe that the decision is only ours. A collective responsibility, that calls on each and every of us, citizens of Europe, to invest in the most powerful tool we have to exercise our sovereignty: our Union” @FedericaMog

 

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#IranDeal "I have convened a ministerial meeting with the FMs of Germany @HeikoMaas, France @JY_LeDrian , UK @BorisJohnson for next Tuesday in Brussels. First the three of them with me, and then we will meet with Iran FM @JZarif” @FedericaMog #JCPOA #SOU2018 pic.twitter.com/E19WCmHfpk

 

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16/The documents confirming the funding, released to the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union under the Official Information Act

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JK & Iran; ASKS WHY is Obama & John Kerry traveling the world meeting w/foreign heads of state (some enemies of the US) & HRC/BC flying under radar to same pic.twitter.com/8Ltka8htMg

 

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So John Kerry just left a meeting @ L’Avenue in Paris w/3 Iranians. A friend was sitting next to their table and heard JK blasting @realDonaldTrump. The Iranians had a 5 person security detail and left in diplomatic vehicles. Is he FARA registered? @seanhannity @TuckerCarlson

 

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 And they are all still walking around free as birds. 

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Iran describes EU non-dollar trade conditions as "degrading"

 

 04 February 2019 07:30 PM
Directly: head of Iran 's judiciary said Tehran will never accept the terms "degrading treatment " set by the European Union for non - dollar trade , which aims to avoid US sanctions.

France, Germany and Britain have opened a new channel for trade without using the dollar with Iran to circumvent the sanctions imposed on Tehran after President Trump's decision last May to withdraw from the nuclear deal.

"After 9 months of procrastination and negotiation, the Europeans have created a mechanism with limited capacity for food and medicine," Amadei Larijani told the Taste of Iran.

"Iran will never accept the bizarre and humiliating conditions of joining the working group on financial procedures and negotiations on its missile program," Larijani said.

Iran has previously threatened to withdraw from the nuclear deal unless European powers guarantee economic benefits, while Europeans have pledged to help companies deal with Tehran as long as they are committed to the deal.

US sanctions on Iran have been relatively successful in persuading European companies to abandon dealing with them.

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Iran .. 50 companies close their doors weekly

 

Iran .. 50 companies close their doors weekly

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The president of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce admitted on Monday that the economic situation in the country is very collapsed, noting that more than half of the big companies have closed down and hundreds of workers have become unemployed.

The President of the Chamber of Commerce Massoud Khansari said in a press statement that 'a government meeting of the tragic situation of work in Iran and said that did not pass a week only stopped by 10 to 50 large companies for work and hundreds of workers are unemployed'

"Last year, more than half of the oil companies in the oil industry closed and at present 700 of the 1,500 companies are still active," Khansari said.

 

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Tehran to Trump: You and your troops can not control us through Iraq

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Baghdad - Mawazan News 
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasimi said that Europe must implement its commitments to ensure the continuation of the nuclear agreement after the withdrawal of the United States of America. While the US president attacked his remarks about monitoring Iran through Iraq. 
"We must ask Europe to implement its commitments to the nuclear agreement quickly," he said in an interview with Fars news agency. 
"We believed that Europe was able to launch the financial mechanism away from external pressures and in a short period of time, and there should have been no connection between the financial mechanism and other files," he said. 
"This mechanism is part of Europe's commitment to the continuation of the nuclear agreement and if conditions are allowed, only Iran can do so and put forward its terms," Qasimi said.
"If Europe does not fulfill its obligations under the nuclear agreement, the situation will change and the higher authorities in the country will decide on that," the foreign ministry spokesman said. 
In response to Trump's recent comments on the reasons for the survival of the United States in Iraq, Qasimi said: "We can not take Trump's words seriously, and the Americans were supposed to go to Iraq," adding: "Staying in this independent state is a strategic mistake and legal." 
"Trump and his forces will not be able to watch Iran through Iraq." 
US President Donald Trump said a few days ago in an interview with the channel "CBS" of America, he wants to keep US forces at the base of Ain al-Assad to monitor Iran, which raised the dissatisfaction of the Iranian and Iraqi authorities.

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Iranian official: Iran wants EU to fulfill its economic obligations

5 February 2019 15:00 (UTC+04:00)

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Iran wants the European Union to fulfill its economic obligations, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, member of Iranian parliament and former Chairman for the the parliament’s Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security, told Tasnim News Agency, Trend reports.

Boroujerdi said that the first steps towards establishing INSTEX, the EU's special financial mechanism with Iran, should be taken. The EU, however, did not fulfill Iran's expectations.

"Iran does not want the EU to take a political action to protect the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA]," he said.

Boroujerdi said that the EU should fulfill its commitments on the JCPOA, and hopes for the steps to be taken soon.

"If the EU interconnects the INSTEX issue with the FATF [Financial Action Task Force], then Iran will not accept it in any way," he said.

Boroujerdi said that the FATF issue is being monitored within the framework of the law.

INSTEX (Instrument in support of Trade Exchanges) is a special financial mechanism for trade with Iran formed by France, the UK, and Germany – the three European signees of the JCPOA.

The FATF enforces international standards for combating money and property laundering, financing terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Two of the four FATF projects have been approved in Iran. Two other projects – namely, Palermo and CFT – are awaiting approval.

https://www.azernews.az/region/145119.html

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Trump's Remarks Spoiled Secret Negotiations With Iraq

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's recent comments on his country's military presence in Iraq could undermine ongoing secret negotiations between the two countries to deploy US commando troops in Iraq to fight remnants of a terrorist organization, the New York Times reported on Monday .

The newspaper said that secret negotiations have been underway for weeks between the Iraqi and US governments to deploy elements of the "commandos" and the transfer of US forces from Syria to Iraq .

"Trump's remarks came at a time when the United States has been quietly negotiating for weeks to allow several hundred US commando troops and support forces currently operating in Syria to move to bases inside Iraq to strike a lot of Iraqi land ."

The newspaper quoted a number of senior US officers and diplomats, saying that Trump's comments may undermine the sensitive negotiations underway with Iraq, because it means that Washington is deceiving the Iraqi government, and the main purpose of the deployment of additional US forces in Iraq is to monitor Iran in principle, In response to the relics on both sides of the border between Syria and Iraq .

According to the site, "Baghdad Post", said two US officials refused to reveal their identity, "The senior US officers recently visited several Iraqi military bases, including the base of Arbil and the base of Assad, as well as smaller bases close to the Syrian border to determine whether it is possible to expand US operations "Colonel Sean Ryan, a spokesman for the US-led coalition in Iraq, said he had no information about the visit .

US President Donald Trump made surprise remarks on February 3, revealing the reason for keeping his country's military presence in Iraq and said he was watching Iran .

Trump said in an interview with CBS, "One of the motives behind his desire to keep troops in Iraq," is that he wants to control Iran in some way, because it represents a real problem . "

Asked if that meant he wanted to be able to hit Iran, he said, "No, I want to be able to watch Iran ."

He added that Washington spent a lot of money on a military base in a distinguished location in Iraq, allowing to monitor the "troubled Middle East," in reference to the base, "eye Assad" air in Anbar province, western Iraq, which visited in December of the past .

"All I want is to be able to observe, we have a wonderful and expensive military base in Iraq, and it is very appropriate to monitor the situation in all parts of the troubled Middle East, and this is better than withdrawal ."

Trump pointed out that some US military personnel to be withdrawn from Syria would join US forces in Iraq .

Trump's comments were met with widespread resentment in Iraq, and Iraqi President Barham Salih said Trump had not asked permission from Iraq for US troops on his territory to "monitor Iran ."

"The US forces in Iraq are under an agreement between the two countries, and its task is to combat terrorism," Saleh was quoted as saying at a forum held in Baghdad on February 4. "The government has asked for clarification on the number of US troops in Iraq and its mission, .

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TEHRAN: The impact of US sanctions is more severe than the war with Iraq

 

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Baghdad -  Iran's oil minister, Begin Zanganeh, said Tuesday that US sanctions on Tehran are tougher than Iran's eight-year war with Saddam Hussein.  "Tehran will not allow the United States to stop its oil exports," the minister said in remarks broadcast by the ISNA news agency, criticizing Greece and Italy for not buying oil from his country despite receiving exceptions from Washington.   "There is no European country buying oil from Iran except for Turkey," he said.  "The US sanctions currently imposed on Tehran are tougher than the war Iran has waged with Iraq for eight years," Zangana said.

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Iran says Trump’s remarks on Iraq reveal American ‘lies’

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says US President Donald Trump’s expressed wish to keep US forces in Iraq in order to monitor neighboring Iran has exposed American “lies” about fighting terrorism.

In a recent interview with CBS News, Trump said the US has an “incredible base” in Iraq that he intends to keep, “because I want to be able to watch Iran.”

Addressing Trump with sarcasm in remarks carried by official media, Rouhani says: “You say you stay in Iraq to watch Iran, while before that you were saying you stay there for fighting terrorism. It is so nice that you honestly expressed yourself!”

Iraq’s president also rejects Trump’s remarks, saying the US does not have permission to use the country as a listening station.

— AP