By Tyler Durden ZeroHedge
Do the Iranians themselves know this? President Trump says Tehran and Washington will meet next week about a potential nuclear agreement.
“We’re going to talk to them next week, with Iran. We may sign an agreement, I don’t know. To me, I don’t think it’s that necessary. I mean, they had a war, they fought, now they’re going back to their world. I don’t care if I have an agreement or not,” Trump said during a news conference at the end of Wednesday’s NATO summit in the Netherlands.
But it appears Trump is sticking by his ‘no enrichment’ demand, at a moment the world doesn’t really know precisely where Iran’s stockpiled of enriched uranium is located. Only thing is… now there’s not supposed to be any enriched uranium stockpiles in the country to speak of, after US was bombs away on it.
“The only thing would be asking for is what we were asking for before,” Trump emphasized – though importantly he added that such an agreement is probably not necessary given the claim that the US successfully destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
“We want no nuclear, but we destroyed the nuclear. In other words, it’s destroyed. I said ‘Iran will not have nuclear.’ Well, we blew it up. It’s blown up to kingdom come, and so I don’t feel very strongly about it. If we got a document, it wouldn’t be bad. We’re going to meet with them,” the president said.
In follow-up while addressing the NATO Q&A, Secretary of State Rubio told reporters that such a deal would depend on Iran’s willingness to negotiate directly with the US, as opposed to the intermediaries being used (such as Oman) in earlier rounds of talks.
But all of this again begs the question… was Iran’s core nuclear program really destroyed? If everyone can ‘agree’ – at least publicly for the sake of Trump’s narrative – this might mean Iran can simply continue enriching, but truly in secret this time.
Below on some casualty figures in Iran following what Trump dubbed the ’12-day war’:
At least 627 people were killed in Iran during its conflict with Israel in the period between June 13 and June 25, Iranian state media outlet IRIB reported on Wednesday, citing the country’s health ministry.
At least 4,870 other people were injured during that time, IRIB said.
The health ministry said 86% of the victims died at the scene of Israeli attacks, as cited by IRIB.
Perhaps in five to ten years the Iranians will suddenly declare achievement of an atomic bomb?
Trump seems to be saying ‘move on’ from the issue in the wake of last weekend’s B-2 bombings of three key Iranian nuclear sites:
It is reasonable to conclude that the Iranians have greater incentive than ever to do precisely this – weaponize what remains of their nuclear program – given they were attacked by Israel and the US (which called it ‘preemptive’ and ‘necessary’), and their air-defenses have been largely taken out.
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“Meetings” with Iran’s leadership is a charade with no ultimate purpose and Trump is too smart to not know that. It’s done for the world stage which demands the theater of the absurd.
Don’t know what is in Trump’s mind in this ‘Iran’ thing [deal] as per this news feature, but it doesn’t sound promising, ie, considering all the problems the world has been having with Iran and their proxies for years, and Trump indicates that a regime change is not desired. It has been this hateful regime that believes that they are the only legally sanctioned religion and life in the world. If others don’t conform to their life and thought, then they are ‘legally’ allowed to eliminate any of the infidels that they identify. Unless a regime change is made and quickly, with a deep and strong legal structure with and for the Iranians, nothing will change. The world will continue to boil and howl with their atrocities to all of us in this world! The IROC needs to be eliminated…now! All hateful Iranians need to be changed…now…no exceptions. Surely, Trump and his associates realize this. Surely Trumps furver for please is strong enough to understand all of this. Iran needs to be placed in a world controlled order that ensures a corrected future for all Iranians and this world.
Rational thinking and reality must set in once and for all in this world. At the end of WWII, the Allies sat down with the Axis countries, namely Japan and Germany, and ironed out a peace where the former governments were eliminated and new governments were formed, as they were defeated for their warfare actions. Trump can maintain that Iran is defeated, but if so, the conference should be set up to confirm that defeat, and then there needs to be a demand for a new government to be set up and this old one dissolved. Iran has not admitted defeat, and, if left in place, the government will remain as an enemy of the West. This government has got to go, and, if they won’t, then we are not yet done fighting and there will be no peace (and no Peace Prize). This has been 50 years in the waiting and the opportunity should not be missed. With present thinking, we’d still be battling the NAZIs and Tojo. Finish the job and move on (to Putin).
Iran hates Israel – its not going to wait 2 or 3 or 5 years to get a nuclear weapon – its going in to invade Israel with brute force – a 5.6 million man army – of course all of them will get killed and that will star WWIII. Trump is a wonderful President but peace never had a chance – the Biden administration gave the money to the Iranians (via oil sales to China) do what they wanted to do and attack Israel is what they want to do.