Topic: Defiant Iran pledges to ramp up missile program
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Fri 01/01/16 12:20 PM
Defiant Iran pledges to ramp up missile program, in challenge for Obama

A series of Iranian officials vowed on Friday to expand Tehran's missile capabilities, a challenge to the United States which has threatened to impose new sanctions even as the vast bulk of its measures against Iran are due to be lifted under a nuclear deal.

"As long as the United States supports Israel we will expand our missile capabilities," the Revolutionary Guards' second-in-command, Brigadier General Hossein Salami, was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.

"We don't have enough space to store our missiles. All our depots and underground facilities are full," he said in Friday Prayers in Tehran.

Defence Minister Hossein Dehqan said Iran would boost its missile program and had never agreed to restrictions on it.

"Iran's missile capabilities have never been the subject of negotiations with the Americans and will never be," he was quoted as saying by Press TV, an Iranian state channel.
The defiant comments are a challenge for the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama as the United States and European Union plan to dismantle nearly all international sanctions against Iran under the breakthrough nuclear agreement reached in July.

Iran has abided by the main terms of the nuclear deal, which require it to give up material that world powers feared could be used to make an atomic weapon and accept other restrictions on its nuclear program.

But Tehran also test-fired a missile in October, which the United States says would be capable of carrying a nuclear payload and therefore violates a 2010 U.N. Security Council resolution which is still in place.

Iran does not accept that the U.N. resolution bars it from testing missiles, as long as it has no nuclear weapons to place on them.

The standoff has turned into a diplomatic and political test for both Washington and Tehran, even as the lifting of sanctions under the nuclear deal draws closer.

Early in the new year, the United States and European Union are expected to unfreeze billions of dollars of Iranian assets, allow Iranian firms access to the international financial system and end bans that have crippled Iran's oil exports.

The deal was a risky diplomatic achievement for both Obama and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, leaders of countries that have been enemies for nearly 40 years. Both men are under pressure from hardliners at home to demonstrate that they have not compromised on wider issues.

U.S. officials have said they are permitted to respond to the missile test by imposing fresh sanctions against a list of Iranian individuals and businesses linked to the missile program.

Any such sanctions would be far narrower than the broad measures scheduled to be lifted under the nuclear deal. But Iran says any new sanctions could torpedo the wider accord.

Republican lawmakers who control both houses of the U.S. Congress see the plans for new sanctions as a test of the Obama administration's resolve.

The Wall Street Journal reported that an announcement of new U.S. sanctions was planned for this week but delayed for an unspecified period without explanation.

Rouhani, a relative moderate elected in 2013, has insisted that the nuclear deal does not include any offer to reduce Iran's missile arsenal. On Thursday he ordered his defense minister to expand Iran's missile program.

Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday Iran's October missile test did not violate the July nuclear accord, known as JCPOA.

"There is a clear difference between the JCPOA issue and the missile test and the missile test is not a breach of the JCPOA in any way," he was quoted as saying by Press TV.


Getting ready to spend all of those billions on more war and terrorism
:angry:

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Fri 01/01/16 12:41 PM
But Obama sank a forty foot birdie putt while on vacation!!

Signed,
The MSM

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Fri 01/01/16 01:10 PM

But Obama sank a forty foot birdie putt while on vacation!!

Signed,
The MSM


Which one.laugh

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Fri 01/01/16 01:15 PM
did the Sanctions SNAP BACK yet?pitchfork

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Fri 01/01/16 01:17 PM

did the Sanctions SNAP BACK yet?pitchfork
I think I read somewhere that the Whitehouse is holding off on sanctions until Iran launches a nuke to prove they ACTUALLY have one laugh

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Fri 01/01/16 01:37 PM


did the Sanctions SNAP BACK yet?pitchfork
I think I read somewhere that the Whitehouse is holding off on sanctions until Iran launches a nuke to prove they ACTUALLY have one laugh

proof of the Pudding is in the eating?laugh

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Fri 01/01/16 05:59 PM



did the Sanctions SNAP BACK yet?pitchfork
I think I read somewhere that the Whitehouse is holding off on sanctions until Iran launches a nuke to prove they ACTUALLY have one laugh

proof of the Pudding is in the eating?laugh


I think the White House is waiting for their checks to clear first. Valerie Jarret is such a wheeler dealer. She should run for president.

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Sat 01/02/16 12:06 AM

Defiant Iran pledges to ramp up missile program, in challenge for Obama

A series of Iranian officials vowed on Friday to expand Tehran's missile capabilities, a challenge to the United States which has threatened to impose new sanctions even as the vast bulk of its measures against Iran are due to be lifted under a nuclear deal.

"As long as the United States supports Israel we will expand our missile capabilities," the Revolutionary Guards' second-in-command, Brigadier General Hossein Salami, was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.

"We don't have enough space to store our missiles. All our depots and underground facilities are full," he said in Friday Prayers in Tehran.

Defence Minister Hossein Dehqan said Iran would boost its missile program and had never agreed to restrictions on it.

"Iran's missile capabilities have never been the subject of negotiations with the Americans and will never be," he was quoted as saying by Press TV, an Iranian state channel.
The defiant comments are a challenge for the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama as the United States and European Union plan to dismantle nearly all international sanctions against Iran under the breakthrough nuclear agreement reached in July.

Iran has abided by the main terms of the nuclear deal, which require it to give up material that world powers feared could be used to make an atomic weapon and accept other restrictions on its nuclear program.

But Tehran also test-fired a missile in October, which the United States says would be capable of carrying a nuclear payload and therefore violates a 2010 U.N. Security Council resolution which is still in place.

Iran does not accept that the U.N. resolution bars it from testing missiles, as long as it has no nuclear weapons to place on them.

The standoff has turned into a diplomatic and political test for both Washington and Tehran, even as the lifting of sanctions under the nuclear deal draws closer.

Early in the new year, the United States and European Union are expected to unfreeze billions of dollars of Iranian assets, allow Iranian firms access to the international financial system and end bans that have crippled Iran's oil exports.

The deal was a risky diplomatic achievement for both Obama and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, leaders of countries that have been enemies for nearly 40 years. Both men are under pressure from hardliners at home to demonstrate that they have not compromised on wider issues.

U.S. officials have said they are permitted to respond to the missile test by imposing fresh sanctions against a list of Iranian individuals and businesses linked to the missile program.

Any such sanctions would be far narrower than the broad measures scheduled to be lifted under the nuclear deal. But Iran says any new sanctions could torpedo the wider accord.

Republican lawmakers who control both houses of the U.S. Congress see the plans for new sanctions as a test of the Obama administration's resolve.

The Wall Street Journal reported that an announcement of new U.S. sanctions was planned for this week but delayed for an unspecified period without explanation.

Rouhani, a relative moderate elected in 2013, has insisted that the nuclear deal does not include any offer to reduce Iran's missile arsenal. On Thursday he ordered his defense minister to expand Iran's missile program.

Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Thursday Iran's October missile test did not violate the July nuclear accord, known as JCPOA.

"There is a clear difference between the JCPOA issue and the missile test and the missile test is not a breach of the JCPOA in any way," he was quoted as saying by Press TV.


Getting ready to spend all of those billions on more war and terrorism
:angry:


We have been dealing with Iran with kid gloves for years. It's time to take the gloves off!

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Sat 01/02/16 07:30 AM




did the Sanctions SNAP BACK yet?pitchfork
I think I read somewhere that the Whitehouse is holding off on sanctions until Iran launches a nuke to prove they ACTUALLY have one laugh

proof of the Pudding is in the eating?laugh


I think the White House is waiting for their checks to clear first. Valerie Jarret is such a wheeler dealer. She should run for president.

that Thing already is Shadow-President!
Barry ain't even making Baby-Steps without It!

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Sat 01/02/16 10:09 AM
Edited by JOHNN111 on Sat 01/02/16 10:11 AM
Can you blame them? The world needs to defend against the US of A.

I'm sure ya'll can wrap your heads around, the right to develop ICBMs with nuclear tips? Using your ideology on guns, this should also apply to smaller countries as defensive weaponry. Stand your ground Iran!

Now you see how retarded this is getting? noway


http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/odd+news/florida-mom-shoots-kills-daughter-she-thought-was-an-intruder/article/453683

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Sat 01/02/16 10:38 AM
Edited by Conrad_73 on Sat 01/02/16 10:40 AM

Can you blame them? The world needs to defend against the US of A.

I'm sure ya'll can wrap your heads around, the right to develop ICBMs with nuclear tips? Using your ideology on guns, this should also apply to smaller countries as defensive weaponry. Stand your ground Iran!

Now you see how retarded this is getting? noway


http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/odd+news/florida-mom-shoots-kills-daughter-she-thought-was-an-intruder/article/453683
laugh laugh laugh offtopic

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Sat 01/02/16 11:28 AM

Can you blame them? The world needs to defend against the US of A.

I'm sure ya'll can wrap your heads around, the right to develop ICBMs with nuclear tips? Using your ideology on guns, this should also apply to smaller countries as defensive weaponry. Stand your ground Iran!

Now you see how retarded this is getting? noway


http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/odd+news/florida-mom-shoots-kills-daughter-she-thought-was-an-intruder/article/453683


What you don't understand is the US has them as a DETERRENT and a retaliatory threat. The nutjobs in Iran wants to actually usethem to destroy the world to complete their psycho-stone age religious beliefs.
More simply put, they want to kill you too.slaphead

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Sat 01/02/16 12:21 PM


Can you blame them? The world needs to defend against the US of A.

I'm sure ya'll can wrap your heads around, the right to develop ICBMs with nuclear tips? Using your ideology on guns, this should also apply to smaller countries as defensive weaponry. Stand your ground Iran!

Now you see how retarded this is getting? noway


http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/odd+news/florida-mom-shoots-kills-daughter-she-thought-was-an-intruder/article/453683


What you don't understand is the US has them as a DETERRENT and a retaliatory threat. The nutjobs in Iran wants to actually usethem to destroy the world to complete their psycho-stone age religious beliefs.
More simply put, they want to kill you too.slaphead


All 1600 of them? slaphead