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U.S. seeking to negotiate a treaty with Iran: special envoy
The United States is seeking to negotiate a treaty with Iran to include Tehran’s ballistic missile program and its regional behavior, the U.S. special envoy for Iran said on Wednesday ahead of U.N. meetings in New York next week.
Iran has rejected U.S. attempts to hold high-level talks since President Donald Trump tore up a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers earlier this year.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listed a dozen demands in May that he said could make up a new agreement, although Hook’s reference to a treaty, which would have to be approved by the U.S. Senate, appears to be a new focus.
“The new deal that we hope to be able to sign with Iran, and it will not be a personal agreement between two governments like the last one, we seek a treaty,” envoy Brian Hook told an audience at the Hudson Institute think tank.
Among Pompeo’s demands was the release of Americans jailed by Tehran, an end to its nuclear and missile programs and for Iran to withdraw its forces and end financial support for sides in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen.
But Hook acknowledged Iranian leaders have not been interested in talks despite statements by Trump this year that the administration was willing to meet.
The 2015 deal was an executive agreement that was not ratified by the U.S. Senate and covered only Iran’s nuclear program. A treaty would require approval by the Senate.
Some opponents of the nuclear agreement have argued that Obama’s failure to seek Senate approval of the deal allowed Trump to unilaterally withdraw.
“They did not have the votes in the U.S. Senate so they found the votes in the U.N. Security Council. That is insufficient in our system of government if you want to have something enduring and sustainable,” Hook said, adding that Washington hoped U.S. sanctions would force Tehran to negotiate.
Iran views the United States as acting in bad faith by withdrawing from a deal and has longed blamed Washington for stoking instability in the Middle East. It has said Trump’s offer to negotiate contradicts his actions and accused Washington of trying to foment regime change.
Trump will chair a session on Iran during the U.N. General Assembly meetings in New York next week. In July, Trump said he was willing to meet Iran’s leaders “anytime they want” prompting speculation that a meeting might take place at the U.N. meetings next week.
“The Ayatollah, the president and foreign minister have all indicated they are not interested in talking,” Hook said, referring to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
“We respect that though that does not change our plans. We have a sanctions regime that is underway, stronger measures are yet to come,” he added.
Hook said the administration was expanding its diplomatic efforts to ensure that purchases of Iranian oil are drastically reduced by Nov. 4 when Washington reimposes oil sanctions against Tehran.
Hook said Iran posed an international threat to peace and security that went beyond the six major powers that signs the initial nuclear deal. European and Asian countries have been trying to salvage the nuclear deal despite new U.S. sanctions against Tehran.
“If we want to have a stable and prosperous Middle East it starts with constraining Iran,” Hook said.
9 Comments on "U.S. seeking to negotiate a treaty with Iran: special envoy"
Jef on Wed, 19th Sep 2018 7:37 pm
Ok, I give….lets just kill all muzzies… and we should come up with a color chip where if you are darker than the chip … bang!!!!
Anonymouse1 on Wed, 19th Sep 2018 8:06 pm
Among Pompeo’s demands was the release of Americans jailed by Tehran, an end to its nuclear and missile programs and for Iran to withdraw its forces and end financial support for sides in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen.
This latest bit of zionist nonsense to hit the interwebs requires my translation services!
The release of Americans jailed by Tehran
Translation: We need you to release all our CIA assets, regime-change contractors, and other assorted agitators and NGO swamp-scum you happen to have caught and jailed. We need them to get back to work, subverting your government and society, wrecking your economy, and stirring up whatever shit they can, without having to worry about, being, you know, jailed for any of it. That would be unfair.
An end to its nuclear and missile programs
Translation: We need you to voluntarily give up any means of defense against the massive military force we have camped all around your borders, and just off-shore. Because if there one thing history has shown time and again, is that the uS military cant win any conflict where the odds are remotely even. Such a gesture, will go a long way to reassure our generals and admirals they might be able to shoot something more dangerous than civilian jet-liners out of Iran’s skies, without unacceptable risk to amerikan service-morons.
HOWEVER, do not expect US to remove any of our own missiles, bombs, or forces from your shores and borders, or end our own nuclear programs (ROFL), anytime soon. (ever).
Iran to withdraw its forces and end financial support for ‘sides’ in the conflicts in Syria and Yemen.
Translation: Its bad enough we have to contend with Russia bombing and wrecking our USlamic State and Al-Qaeda proxies & all the other assorted terrorists on our payroll, and completely throwing our Wreck Syria timetable in the dumpster , we have you guys to deal with too. We want you to stop fighting OUR terrorist proxies in Syria and (and our proxies, the sauds,) in Yemen. Because billion of dollars of our best weapons, training, and the full and tacit support of the amerikan way, and the sauds STILL cant defeat the Yemeni resistance, even with whatever token to non-existence assistance you guys (might) have given them. Even providing moral and diplomatic support to anyone opposing team amerika is unacceptable. And it is doubly unacceptable when that support is coming from you guys.
By ‘sides’ we mean the legitimate, and popular government of Syria of course.
There, all fixed and translated, for your convenience. Whew Im beat. I might have take the rest of the day off from working my 200000 acre farm after this.
fmr-paultard on Wed, 19th Sep 2018 8:07 pm
big brother jef, i love you u know that. explain to me why the 33,000 number of jihad attacks since 9/11 brother jef. supposes most of those are false then we still have a very large number don’t we brother jef.
supertard (pbuh) said we need to downsize, stop procreating, and accept austerity. he doesn’t address muslim’s 4 wives and procreating and jihadin’. he doesn’t address the 5th estate where we take over muslim lands and give him 1 million acres.
here’s last 30 days of jihad
https://thereligionofpeace.com/attacks/attacks.aspx?Yr=Last30
fmr-paultard on Wed, 19th Sep 2018 8:10 pm
my tarded big brother jef. it hurts me inside seeing my big brother tarding so hard. i want nothng more than what’s good for you.
of that list i gave, i went and looked for the first/top attack and i got this.
http://aaj.tv/2018/09/two-levies-personnel-martyred-in-qila-saifullah-terrorist-attack/
twocats on Wed, 19th Sep 2018 8:12 pm
mouse 1 – back of the net – swish.
watching trump negotiate is like watching a four-year old negotiate for candy at the grocery store.
makati1 on Wed, 19th Sep 2018 9:03 pm
Anon, your translation is spot on! Not to mention tat any agreement by the US with anyone is not worth the paper it is printed on. The world is finally waking up to that fact.
Anonymouse1 on Wed, 19th Sep 2018 9:49 pm
I’m a tard. ‘Nuff said.
deadly on Thu, 20th Sep 2018 6:19 am
It is understanding that allows Irantards to tolerate peopletards like the Ameriturds in the US gov, turds one and all.
rofl
dissident on Thu, 20th Sep 2018 7:38 am
Iran would be signing its own death certificate if it agrees with US demands. America never honours any of its treaties and will find some pretext to help Israel bomb Iran to rubble.