Wednesday, 1 February 2017

A Primer on Iran's Nuclear Program

THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

The JCPOA, which came into effect on January 16, 2016, aims at extending Iran’s breakout time (the time it would take for Iran to produce a nuclear bomb if it pulled back from the deal) from a few months to a year, and cut off its reach to nuclear bombs through its facilities at Fordow, Arak and Natanz, and a fourth secret pathway. 
The goal is meant to be achieved by Iran agreeing to putting caps on its uranium stockpile and enrichment level as well as redesigning the core of the Arak reactor to prevent the production of weapons-grade plutonium. Under the deal, Iran has also committed to allow inspections of its known sites and agreed to a framework for the inspection of previously undeclared sites. 
But while proponents of the deal, including the Obama Administration, claim the deal has prevented a full-fledged military conflict and helped promote peace in the region, many facets of the deal have made it controversial and subject to criticism by pundits and politicians. 
The fact that the deal acknowledges uranium enrichment for Iran, a regime that is associated with instability and terrorism in the Middle East and across the globe, has caused much concern, especially among other countries of the region. Meanwhile, the robustness of the inspections have also come under question. 
Moreover, there’s been a lot of debate over the sunset clause, the section of the accord that allows Iran to resume the expansion and advancement of its nuclear program after ten years, which effectively gives Tehran the green light to seek nuclear weapons technology without fear of reprisal once the deal expires. 
THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL
THE IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

INTERNATIONAL LEADERS CALL FOR BLACKLIST OF IRGC

Hassan Rouhani’s government has attempted to portray themselves as moderates but moderates do not execute political prisoners, restrict freedoms of the press or make laws to target women, religious minorities and people of different races. That is what dictators do.
The international sanctions against the Iranian Regime had nearly suffocated the IRGC and if they had continued, then a democratic revolution would have been imminent. Following the 2015 nuclear deal, sanctions were eased, essentially breathing life back into the Iranian Regime
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS CALL FOR BLACKLIST OF IRGC
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS CALL FOR BLACKLIST OF IRGC