IRAN: Khamenei-If Iran Wanted To Build Nukes, US Couldn't Have Stopped It
Mar-12 16:53
Expanding on earlier bullet (see 'IRAN: Khamenei-Negotiations w/Current US Gov't Will Not End Sanctions', 1550GMT), in a meeting with students, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says that "If the Islamic Republic had intended to build nuclear weapons, America could not have stopped it. The fact that the Islamic Republic does not have nuclear weapons is due to its own will."
- On Trump's call for negotiations, Khamenei brings up the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that Trump withdrew from in 2018, saying "We sat down and negotiated for several years. This same person threw the completed, signed negotiation off the table and tore it up. When we know it won't work, what kind of negotiation should we have? Therefore, calling for negotiation and declaring negotiation is a deception of public opinion."
- The comments come ahead of a meeting of the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, China, and Russia to be hosted in Beijing on 14 March to discuss the Iranian 'nuclear issue'. Reuters: "The meeting will follow a closed-door gathering of the United Nations Security Council in New York the same day regarding Iran's expansion of its stocks of uranium that are close to weapons-grade...China has said it supports Iran in safeguarding its legitimate rights and calling for an early resumption of the Iranian nuclear talks."
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US: Schumer Suggests Democrats Could Leverage Government Shutdown
Feb-10 16:35
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has signalled in a 'letter to colleagues' that Senate Democrats will use leverage in the upcoming government funding negotiations to push back against President Donald Trump's attempts to reform the federal bureaucracy.
- Schumer: "President Trump has handed the keys of the Presidency to his cronies, sycophants, and radicals who are hell-bent on pursuing a coordinated agenda - mapped out in grave detail in Project 2025 - to hollow out the government and cut off critical services to American communities across the country. This is for one purpose: More power and wealth for the very rich."
- Schumer added that Senate Democrats, "will use our votes to help steady the ship for the American people in these turbulent times. It is incumbent on responsible Republicans to get serious and work in a bipartisan fashion to avoid a Trump Shutdown."
- Schumer's letter comes as Democrat and Republican negotiators appear far from agreeing on a topline number for FY2025 funding, just 32 days from the funding deadline.
- Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) similarly indicated to NBC yesterday that Democrats may be willing to use a shutdown as leverage to oppose government reforms: “...for the last two years, [Republcians] needed Democratic votes for every single continuing resolution and they should not count on that this time,”
- Punchbowl noted this morning: “We’ve been crystal clear in our view that Washington is drastically underestimating the chance for a government shutdown after March 14.”
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Feb-10 16:32
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