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At issue is Washington's hardline stance and real agenda. Its delegation includes mid-level diplomats. It "further attest(s) to the low expectations." If Obama was serious, he'd "send a top-caliber representative" like Hillary Clinton.
She's preoccupied plotting Anti-Assad strategy. Iran's next but for now can wait. Claiming Tehran's a threat is red herring cover for bigger fish to fry. Solidifying regional hegemony is key. First target Syria, then Iran. For now, keep the nuclear pot boiling.
Pretexts conceal real motives. Washington's intend no good. Tehran knows it. It's been on the receiving end for decades. Ahead of Istanbul talks, demands made include closing its heavily protected Fordo facility, halting 20% uranium enrichment, and offshoring existing stockpiles.
In a recent article, former Obama Middle East official Dennis Ross went further. Besides closing Fordo, eliminating 20% enrichment, and offshoring existing stockpiles, he adds halting enrichment beyond 3.5 - 5% needed to produce electricity, letting Iran possess up to 1,000 kilograms at that level, and maintaining a maximum 1,000 centrifuges.
In return, some, not all, sanctions would be eased or lifted. Iran's also falsely accused of sponsoring regional terrorism, as well as other spurious charges. According to Ross, normalization won't happen unless both sides "reach more extensive understandings that go beyond the nuclear agenda."
Like other anti-Iranian zealots, he points fingers one way. Washington's imperial agenda isn't addressed, nor lawless Israeli policies. Instead of making baseless accusations and demanding unreasonable concessions, it's time to consider real threats and name them.
Instead, Ross also suggests Iran forego enrichment altogether and rely solely on "international fuel bank" supplies. In addition, he wants it "to agree not to reprocess, permit recovery of all spent fuel, and institute the level of transparency" it more than already meets.
Moreover, forcing Tehran alone to comply with conditions not imposed on other civilian nuclear countries exposes the hypocrisy of America's agenda and what's really behind it. It's not Iran's nuclear program. It's Washington's hegemony plans and determination to replace independent states with client ones.
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