Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Eye on Iran: US and Iran Moving Closer to Nuclear Deal, EU Diplomats Tell Israeli Officials








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JPost: "European diplomats have told Israeli officials in recent days that the United States and Iran are moving closer to an agreement that would allow the Islamic Republic to keep a large number of centrifuges in return for guaranteeing regional stability, Army Radio is reporting on Tuesday. According to EU officials, US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, have discussed increasing the number of centrifuges which Iran would be permitted to keep. In exchange, the Iranians would undertake an obligation to bring their influence to bear in order to ensure quiet in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. European diplomats are quoted by Israeli officials as saying that the US in recent weeks has made significant concessions in its talks with Iran, so much so that it is willing to permit Tehran to operate 6,500 centrifuges while lifting sanctions that have hurt its economy this past decade. The Europeans have told the Israelis that these concessions were offered in exchange for Iranian promises to maintain regional stability. According to Army Radio, the EU is opposed to the proposed linkage between the nuclear issue and other geopolitical matters. In fact, the Europeans suspect that Washington is operating behind Brussels' back and that Kerry has not bothered to keep them in the loop in his talks with Zarif." http://t.uani.com/1HSPT8w

WashPost: "The remaining hostages - 13 of the 52 have died - are keenly aware that they can't recover lost time, so they are looking with increasing urgency for another kind of restitution. They have turned to Congress in a bid for compensation for their captivity - for solitary confinement and mock firing squads, for beatings with rubber hoses and being hung, like laundry, over open elevator shafts, or run, blindfolded, into trees. And for the toll all this took on their families. They've pinned their hopes on legislation sponsored by Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia (home state of three former hostages), which 'almost made it,' the Republican senator says, into December's mammoth spending bill. They're watching negotiations underway between the United States and Iran, wondering whether there will finally be an end to the diplomatic standoff prompted by their horrifying ordeals - and how that might affect their cause. And, 35 years on, as some of the hostages live out their last years, they are aware that if anyone is to benefit from a long-awaited windfall, it will probably be the next generation - Firestone's generation. Because their own time to get justice is running out." http://t.uani.com/1vq97Nz

HRW: "Repressive elements within Iran's security and intelligence forces and judiciary retained wide powers and carried out serious rights abuses throughout 2014, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2015. Iran's powerful security and intelligence forces, aided by a compliant judiciary, have carried out their repressive activities despite hopes for an improvement in the rights situation after Hassan Rouhani became president in August 2013. Officials apparently stepped up their crackdown on dissent through the Internet, with revolutionary courts meting out harsh punishments, including death sentences against bloggers and social media users. Officials also detained or targeted many activists and leading opposition figures, including the 2009 presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who remained under house arrest without trial. Executions, especially for drug-related offenses, were carried out at an alarming rate. 'Iran's judiciary and security forces are a major impediment to justice and accountability for victims of rights abuses in Iran,' said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director. 'Clearly, despite his popular mandate, President Rouhani has little control over their actions. But he can and should do more to show Iranians that he will stand up for human rights and justice.'" http://t.uani.com/16dvdXg

   
Nuclear Program & Negotiations

AFP: "Iran's parliament agreed Tuesday to examine a bill asking the government to resume all its nuclear activities in the event of fresh US sanctions, local media reported... If passed, the bill would repeal the temporary agreement and torpedo hopes of a lasting deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of nations, which has to be reached by the end of June. The draft law, supported by 220 of 290 lawmakers, said that, in the event of new US sanctions, 'Iran is obliged to immediately annul the interim Geneva agreement and take a series of measures to exercise the nation's nuclear rights.' It also stipulates that Iran would resume enrichment and accelerate construction of its controversial Arak heavy water reactor. Media did not say when the text may be submitted to a parliamentary vote." http://t.uani.com/1zDftsL

Al-Monitor: "The Obama administration considered it a win when it managed to persuade hawkish Senate Democrats last month to delay a vote on Iran sanctions by two months. But some US administration allies are puzzled that what they consider a soft deadline for a framework agreement for a final Iran nuclear deal has seemingly become the de facto deadline, rather than the June 30, 2015 deadline that Iran and the six world powers agreed to in November. The US administration has 'bought two months, but sold three,' a western diplomat, speaking not for attribution, told al-Monitor. Some Democratic Senators who have signed onto a letter from Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to President Obama have told interlocutors that the Obama administration asked them to give it until the end of March to see if a framework deal could be reached, before voting on new Iran sanctions legislation." http://t.uani.com/1K7rNEO

Sanctions Relief

Reuters: "Iran is sweetening the terms it offers on oil development contracts to draw the interest of foreign investors deterred by sanctions and low crude prices, as its pragmatic president seeks to deliver on his promise of economic recovery... 'The new contract is more competitive than other oil producers. It provides higher potential profits and lower investment risks,' said a senior Iranian oil ministry official who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter. The contract offered a favorable rate of return and joint venture options with local Iranian firms, he added. The new contracts will offer long-term durations of up to 25 years, oil officials say... The new oil contracts will allow investors to be involved in production, giving them far greater control and certainty over long-term revenue in a country where foreign ownership of oil resources is banned." http://t.uani.com/1DB0yi5

IRNA (Iran): "Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) welcome cooperation with South Korean POSCO (Pohang Iron and Steel Company) in implementing new steel projects in southern Iran, deputy minister said Saturday... Deputy Industries, Mines and Commerce Minister and head of IMIDRO Mehdi Karbasian made the comment in a meeting with the visiting top manger of POSCO Jin Sik Choi, further elaborating that Iran-Korea cooperation in steel field will be along the southern coasts of Iran, including in Chabahar, Bandar Abbas and Asaluyeh... The top POSCO manager said that his multinational firm is ready to assist Iran in implementing its steep plants using the modern 'Finex' technology. Jin Sik Choi said that POSCO has recently assembled a steel plant with nominal annual production capacity of two million tons and before that a steel factory with annual 1.5 million ton production, both using the Finex technology." http://t.uani.com/16fdUFx

Sanctions Enforcement & Impact

AP: "A Maryland man has been sentenced to two years in prison after he was convicted on charges of exporting American manufactured industrial products to Iran. Thirty-four year-old Ali Saboonchi of Parkville was sentenced Monday in federal court in Greenbelt. According to evidence presented at trial, Saboonchi conspired with others to export products to Iran in violation of a U.S. trade embargo. Prosecutors say the goods included stainless steel filter elements, which are used primarily in the oil and gas industry, as well as liquid pumps and valves and other industrial parts." http://t.uani.com/1CVTjCO

Terrorism

Fars (Iran): "Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh underlined Iran's high missile capabilities, and said Tehran has provided Syria, Iraq, Palestine and the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group with the needed know-how to produce missiles. 'The IRGC's Aerospace Force has developed to a stage in the field of missile industries that it can mass-produce different types of short- and mid-range missiles,' Hajizadeh said in Tehran on Monday. 'The Islamic Republic of Iran has helped Iraq, Syria, Palestine and the Lebanese Hezbollah by exporting the technology that it has for the production of missiles and other equipment, and they can now stand against the Zionist regime, the ISIL and other Takfiri groups and cripple them,' he added. Hajizadeh also stressed Iran's self-sufficiency in building radar systems and drones, and added that the country has also exported its drone technology and products to other countries." http://t.uani.com/16ffFCS

Reuters: "Two men charged with plotting to derail a train traveling from New York to Toronto had their plans foiled by an undercover police officer who convinced them he could help pull off the attack, jurors heard at the opening of their trial on Monday. One of the men, Tunisian Chiheb Esseghaier, told the undercover officer that he had met with 'mujahideen' in Iran and had a plan in place with a 'Palestinian brother,' a reference to the second defendant, Raed Jaser, the court heard. Mujahideen are radical Islamist guerilla fighters... At Esseghaier's one-bedroom apartment, the agent sat on a mattress in the living room while Esseghaier told him to turn off his mobile phones and then showed him visas and stamps for his recent trips to Iran, the court heard. The Muslim guerilla fighters he meet with in Iran told Esseghaier to return to Canada, the officer said." http://t.uani.com/1AnXZ52

Press TV (Iran): "A senior commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has become a necessity for Iran to enhance its powerbase in the West Bank. Brigadier General Iraj Masjedi said Saturday that Iran must try to increase its military power in the West Bank as well as the Gaza Strip in order to contain Israel inside the occupied territories. 'We must contain Israel ... so that it never dares to speak about a missile attack on Iran, we must reinforce our power in the West Bank and Gaza,' said Masjedi, who serves as top advisor to commander of IRGC Quds Force... 'The Palestine Liberation Organization must know that what brings them victory is not political negotiation but only resistance and (military) power, and this is what Hezbollah and Hamas have been doing,' Masjedi said while addressing a conference in the northeastern city of Mashhad." http://t.uani.com/1uU0kNZ

Syria Conflict

Reuters: "A mainstream Syrian rebel group said on Monday they were seeking to swap an Iranian taken captive in the southwestern province of Deraa last month for women held in Syrian government jails. Iran, a Shi'ite Muslim ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has sent mainly military experts to help him in his almost four-year-long battle with mostly Sunni Muslim rebels. Last month several insurgent groups including the Sham Unified Front launched a major offensive in the province of Deraa in which they seized several military posts including a strategic army base in the Sheikh Maskeen area. The group's leader Abu Ahmad said his rebels captured the Iranian as he was fighting alongside government forces in the province, and killed nine other soldiers as they took over a power station near Sheikh Maskeen in the province." http://t.uani.com/1zPrRHW

Human Rights

Trend: "Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is monitoring all social networks in the country, Mostafa Alizadeh, a senior IRGC cyber-space expert said, the country's ISNA news agency reported Feb. 2. 'We have intelligence control over all social networks,' Alizadeh said, adding those who think the cyberspace is safe. He urged those who are engaged in suspicious or questionable activities online, stop them immediately. 'We ask them to keep the cyber-space clean,' he argued. The IRGC expert further said that the organization will connect with those who involved in shady social activity and 'advise' them. He also unveiled details about arresting members of a cyber-group involved in 'propagating obscene contents' via Facebook. The IRGC pursued and identified 350 'offensive' Facebook pages, which were managed by 36 individuals, Alizadeh said, adding they had mission to change the Iranian lifestyle and target the families across the country to spread immorality." http://en.trend.az/iran/society/2359520.html

Domestic Politics

IranWire: "Air pollution reached dangerous levels in Ahwaz, Khuzestan province on January 31. Authorities ordered the closure of schools and advised businesses to reduce their hours after a toxic smog covered the city. 'The city was covered in dust,' the Khuzestan edition of the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported. There were footprints on the city's sidewalks, and people on the streets looked as if they were 'emerging from a hazy dream.' Pollution levels were ten times higher than normal, according to the Environmental Protection and Climate Agency in Khuzestan. But one report said pollution levels were as much as 70 times the norm. The general governor and the head of Ahwaz's Crisis management Office of Ahwaz took the decision to close universities and schools in Ahwaz and 12 other cities in the region." http://t.uani.com/1KnP57I

ICHRI: "Teachers in the cities of Marivan, Baneh, and Shahrood, who have refused to attend class since January 20 in protest against wages that are below the official poverty line, have announced that they would not abandon their protest until their demands for salary increases are taken into consideration, according to labor activist Mansour Osanloo." http://t.uani.com/1zDcHnu

Foreign Affairs

RFE/RL: "A cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad on the latest cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has been denounced in Iran, where two organizations say they are challenging the West's commitment to free speech with a cartoon contest aimed at questioning the Holocaust... The contest organizers, House of Cartoon and the Sarcheshmeh Cultural Center, say that by questioning the Holocaust, which they don't recognize as a historical fact, they aim to demonstrate that Western countries have double standards when it comes to freedom of expression... Masud Shojaei Tabatabaei, the contest's administrator who is also the head of House of Cartoon, was quoted by Iranian media as saying that the West is 'sensitive' about the Holocaust... Shojaei Tabatabaei added that the April 1 deadline for contestants to submit their entries was chosen intentionally. 'April 1 is called the day of the big lie. The Holocaust is also a big lie [created] by the Zionists to occupy Palestine,' he said." http://t.uani.com/1HSHRfY

Trend: "Prominent Iranian Cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati congratulated Muslims over the death of Saudi king Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. 'We should express condolences to the Israelis and Americans and congratulation to Muslims and those who really care about Islam and Shia,' Jannati said on Jan. 30 during his Friday sermon in Tehran, Iran's Mehr news agency reported. Abdullah was enemy of Shiites and founded and supported Takfir, Jannati said, adding 'he will be punished for his activities.'" http://t.uani.com/1F0D6vK

Opinion & Analysis

Michael Doran in Mosaic: "President Barack Obama wishes the Islamic Republic of Iran every success. Its leaders, he explained in a recent interview, stand at a crossroads. They can choose to press ahead with their nuclear program, thereby continuing to flout the will of the international community and further isolate their country; or they can accept limitations on their nuclear ambitions and enter an era of harmonious relations with the rest of the world. 'They have a path to break through that isolation and they should seize it,' the president urged-because 'if they do, there's incredible talent and resources and sophistication ...inside of Iran, and it would be a very successful regional power.' How eager is the president to see Iran break through its isolation and become a very successful regional power? Very eager. A year ago, Benjamin Rhodes, deputy national-security adviser for strategic communication and a key member of the president's inner circle, shared some good news with a friendly group of Democratic-party activists. The November 2013 nuclear agreement between Tehran and the 'P5+1'-the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany-represented, he said, not only 'the best opportunity we've had to resolve the Iranian [nuclear] issue,' but 'probably the biggest thing President Obama will do in his second term on foreign policy.' For the administration, Rhodes emphasized, 'this is healthcare..., just to put it in context.' Unaware that he was being recorded, he then confided to his guests that Obama was planning to keep Congress in the dark and out of the picture: 'We're already kind of thinking through, how do we structure a deal so we don't necessarily require legislative action right away.' Why the need to bypass Congress? Rhodes had little need to elaborate. As the president himself once noted balefully, '[T]here is hostility and suspicion toward Iran, not just among members of Congress but the American people'-and besides, 'members of Congress are very attentive to what Israel says on its security issues.' And that 'hostility and suspicion' still persist, prompting the president in his latest State of the Union address to repeat his oft-stated warning that he will veto 'any new sanctions bill that threatens to undo [the] progress' made so far toward a 'comprehensive agreement' with the Islamic Republic. As far as the president is concerned, the less we know about his Iran plans, the better. Yet those plans, as Rhodes stressed, are not a minor or incidental component of his foreign policy. To the contrary, they are central to his administration's strategic thinking about the role of the United States in the world, and especially in the Middle East. Moreover, that has been true from the beginning. In the first year of Obama's first term, a senior administration official would later tell David Sanger of the New York Times, 'There were more [White House] meetings on Iran than there were on Iraq, Afghanistan, and China. It was the thing we spent the most time on and talked about the least in public [emphasis added].' All along, Obama has regarded his hoped-for 'comprehensive agreement' with Iran as an urgent priority, and, with rare exceptions, has consistently wrapped his approach to that priority in exceptional layers of secrecy. From time to time, critics and even friends of the president have complained vocally about the seeming disarray or fecklessness of the administration's handling of foreign policy. Words like amateurish, immature, and incompetent are bandied about; what's needed, we're told, is less ad-hoc fumbling, more of a guiding strategic vision. Most recently, Leslie Gelb, a former government official and past president of the Council on Foreign Relations, has charged that 'the Obama team lacks the basic instincts and judgment necessary to conduct U.S. national-security policy,' and has urged the president to replace the entire inner core of his advisers with 'strong and strategic people of proven... experience.' One sympathizes with Gelb's sense of alarm, but his premises are mistaken. Inexperience is a problem in this administration, but there is no lack of strategic vision. Quite the contrary: a strategy has been in place from the start, and however clumsily it may on occasion have been implemented, and whatever resistance it has generated abroad or at home, Obama has doggedly adhered to the policies that have flowed from it. In what follows, we'll trace the course of the most important of those policies and their contribution to the president's announced determination to encourage and augment Iran's potential as a successful regional power and as a friend and partner to the United States." http://t.uani.com/18KgPYr

Tony Badran in NOW Lebanon: "These tactical observations, however, miss a more important dynamic. As Nasrallah made clear in his address on Friday, he and his Iranian overlords are hell-bent on expanding into the Golan Heights. Nasrallah, echoing the comments of Mohamad Ali Jafari, head of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), not only blurred the lines between the Lebanese and Syrian fronts, but also fused the Iranian element into both of them. In addition, Nasrallah, again echoing IRGC talking points, sought to establish an umbrella of deterrence over Hezbollah and Iranian activity in the Golan by threatening to respond 'anywhere' to any Israeli assassination of his or Iran's cadres operating there. This is precisely why a large conflict will be harder to avoid down the road. As Iran, in a race toward nuclear power status, pushes the envelope in the Golan, Israel will need to establish clear red lines and reassert a policy of deterrence. As such, the limited retaliation it held itself to this time around could well become a liability going forward. For example, Israel hitting whatever remains of the Assad regime's brigades in the south is unlikely to deter Iran from expanding into the Golan. Iran will absorb strikes against Assad that don't threaten his position in Damascus and western Syria, and that don't fundamentally alter the balance of power against the rebels. Similarly, a tolerable limited retaliation against Hezbollah in south Lebanon, following a future operation in the Shebaa Farms, will likely reinforce Iran's and Hezbollah's sense that Israel is unwilling to start a major war, and has therefore itself been effectively deterred. Of course, Israel did show its readiness to escalate, and Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that such Hezbollah attacks would invite a strong response, similar to what was inflicted on Hamas in Gaza. Still, Israel's decision not to go all the way this time around carries risks. From Israel's standpoint, what transpired this month cannot become the new normal. By contrast, it's certain that Iran and Hezbollah will continue to probe the Golan front. The Iranians know they have two years left to press their advantage and maximize their gains, not only without any pushback from the US, but with its de facto consent. And the White House's open hostility toward Netanyahu will only encourage the Iranians to take shots at Israel. Which is why, over time, a limited tit-for-tat Israeli approach would work to Tehran's advantage, failing to deter it, and making the Golan front a fact. With Iran racing toward the nuclear bomb, its operational presence in the Golan, integrating the Lebanese and south Syrian fronts, is untenable for Israel. It is a matter of upholding Israeli deterrence and containing the Iranian expansion taking place with the seeming acquiescence of the Obama administration. For now, the Israeli government has chosen to contain the situation. But unless it is willing to effectively recognize Iran as a reality on the Golan - which is highly unlikely - Israel will continue to deny the Iranians and their Hezbollah arm the ability to establish a front there. This means that another confrontation is just a matter of time, at which point Israel could well decide to prove - both to Tehran and Washington - its willingness to escalate with a massive display of force in order to enforce its red lines. Put differently, Iran's expansionist push into southern Syria has put Lebanon on the path toward certain ruin." http://t.uani.com/16flUGA

Hussain Abdul-Hussain in NOW Lebanon: "Saudi Arabia is a spent force and an unreliable US ally. As such, Washington should replace Riyadh with Tehran, or so goes the thinking inside the Obama administration. Brian Katulis, a think tanker with close ties to the Obama team, penned a piece in The Atlantic under the title 'The twilight of Saudi power,' in which he put out what seems to have become common wisdom inside the White House and among its friends. Former National Security Advisor Zbig Brzezinski echoed Washington's bias toward Iran at the expense of Saudi Arabia at a congressional hearing. He said that he and another national security advisor, Brent Scowcroft, who visited Riyadh with President Obama, share the idea that Iran 'is beginning to evolve into a very civilized and historically important country.' Brezezinski then launched a scathing attack against other governments in the region. Brzezinski's comments mirrored Obama's interview with Bloomberg Views in March, in which the president said that if you 'look at Iranian behavior, they are strategic, and they're not impulsive. They have a worldview, and they see their interests, and they respond to costs and benefits.'Saudi Arabia is one of the least-understood governments. Compounding the problem are writers who are divided into two camps: apologists, who depict Saudi rulers as superheroes; and enemies, who depict Riyadh as the pit of evil, ruled by ailing monarchs and rife with royal divisions. Neither of these camps is correct. Since 1932, the Kingdom has seen six of the smoothest power successions at its helm. While some might underestimate such harmony, it should be noted that in most Arab ruling families, it is rare to see a succession between two brothers without a schism that often turns into competition, and even war, like the military standoff between late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his brother Rifaat in the 1980s... The Saudi government has been stable for over eight decades. It has shown prudence in handling its oil wealth. Its leaders have lived through various upheavals and regional wars in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq and elsewhere. There is no reason to believe that Saudi stability is at stake or that the Kingdom faces threats in the medium or long term. Like the rest of the region, Saudi Arabia faces a wave of fanaticism that sways many of its young men, but on a per capita basis, Saudi youth joining the Islamic State (ISIS) hardly top the chart. Riyadh outlaws Islamist groups and is an avowed enemy of ISIS and Al-Qaeda - unlike Tehran, whose rulers openly fund and support groups on America's list of terrorist organizations, such as Hezbollah, and other groups that openly call for 'death to America,' such as the Houthis of Yemen. Since its inception, Saudi Arabia has been steady. While successive kings have demonstrated varying styles of rule, continuity has been the nation's defining policy, and there is no reason to predict major developments or shakeups after the most recent succession. President Obama can try cozying up to Iran all he wants. But to play favorites by pretending that Iran is a more stable, less Islamic, and all-around better ally than Saudi Arabia is not only unfounded, it will make Washington's allies - now and in the future - rethink their ties with an America that often grows bored of its friends, seeking instead the company of its seemingly more intriguing enemies." http://t.uani.com/1zxPQbr

Montel Williams in Politico: "Semper fidelis. Always faithful. To Marines, those two words are a badge of honor. Amir Hekmati is no exception. This faithfulness, this time to his family, guided his decision to make a trip thousands of other Iranian-Americans make each year; a trip to visit relatives in Iran. Amir's grandmother's health was faltering. With a proper visa, he left for his first visit to Iran in August of 2011. Two weeks into what was meant to be a month-long trip, he was detained. Three months later, he was charged with spying for the United States. It is now three years and five months later, and he remains behind the walls of the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. Since this arrest, multiple leaders in the American Muslim community as well as influential members of the American Islamic clergy have written Iran's Supreme Leader pleading for Amir's release, to no avail. Amir's father, Ali, has terminal cancer; and, as the clerics have noted, in the Islamic faith, at the death of the patriarch of a family, the eldest son MUST assume responsibility to care for those left behind. Amir is a practicing Muslim who loves America. He graduated high school in Flint, Michigan, and proudly served the United States as a Marine. He was set to start an economics degree at the University of Michigan when he returned from Iran. He is also proud of his Iranian roots. None of those notions exist in conflict with each other. Since his incarceration, Amir has detailed to his family instances of being tortured, mistreated and abused. His physical health has deteriorated while in custody. With no American diplomatic presence in Iran, and with the Iranian Government taking the position that Amir is Iranian, not even the Swiss Government, which serves as the protecting power for the United States in Iran, is allowed to visit him-a clear violation of international law. Amir Hekmati is a good man-a loving son, a brother. He is a man of deep faith. In my view, he is being held as leverage in the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear project. His release should not be dependent on the outcome of those talks. Given his health, the health of his father, and the clear teaching of the Islamic faith with respect to the eldest son's obligations, it is time for the Iranians to send him home. Let their leverage be the unconditional release of Amir as a show of good faith to those who doubt their seriousness of purpose... Let us never forget American Amir Hekmati, illegally incarcerated in Iran. Never. Amir, like me, is a former Marine and fought for his country-in every way he represents the very best this country has to offer. Semper Fidelis. Always faithful. Amir has always been: to his mother, father, family and country. He should be deported by the Iranian authorities-now. Before the conclusion of a nuclear agreement with Iran. Let our guiding principle be to leave no man behind." http://t.uani.com/1zaOTqB
       

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