West Falsely Claims Iran
Parliament Approved JCPOA
By Lori Marcus
Jewish Press
October 14, 2015
Despite the many news reports
that on Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Iranian parliament - the Majlis - by a majority
vote passed the Nuclear Iran Deal crafted by the negotiators from Iran and
the U.S. and several other world powers, that is not the case.
Instead, the Majlis approved by a 161 to 59 vote, with 13 abstentions, a nine
point document they created which authorizes the Iranian government to move
forward on a path that will do at least two things: one, remove international
sanctions against Iran, and two, end Israel's nuclear weapons program.
Got that?
End Israel's nuclear weapons program. Not end Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Ending Israel's program is apparently point one of the nine point document
approved by the Majlis on Tuesday.
Under Point
five of the Majlis version of the Nuclear Iran Deal, conversion of enriched
uranium at the Arak plutonium plant is conditional to other side deals.
Point
six of the Majlis Nuclear Iran Deal forbids the inspection of any military
site or the interviewing of any officer, which, Taheri points out, were promoted
as key elements of the Nuclear Iran Deal by U.S. President Obama and his
administration.
Point
seven of the Majlis version of the Nuclear Iran Deal calls on the Iranian
government to strengthen Iran's defense, especially its missile arsenal.
Point 7 of #Islamic
Majlis's 9-point text calls on Govt, to strengthen Iran's defense,offensive and
defensive, especially by missile arsenal
The nine point Majlis document, following Tuesday's approval, now goes to the
Iranian Council of Guardians for their review on Thursday. That is the same day
President Obama has said he will affix his signature to the version of the deal
drafted by his negotiators.
As Taheri pointed out in an article first published in the New York Post, "Obama
Will Be the Only Person Sticking to the Iran Deal."
These revelations were made first by Iranian-born journalist Amir Taheri, and
confirmed by the Middle
East Media Research Institute, which points out the Majlis merely approved
its own revised version of the deal. The actions by the Majlis confirm predictions made
for many months by Iran expert Michael Ledeen.
Taheri has written for such publications as the London Sunday Times, the Daily
Telegraph, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The
Pakistan Daily Times and for several years was a member of the executive board
of the International Press Institute. He's also written for nearly a dozen
different Arab media outlet, is a CNN commentator and has been interviewed by
the BBC and elsewhere.
Taheri is also the author of many books, including on such topics as
Islamic terrorism. Such writing has won him powerful enemies, some accusing him
of concocting conspiracy theories and worse.
But MEMRI's translation confirms Taheri's claims.