U.S. Adopts Israeli Demand to Bring Iranâs Missiles into Nuclear Talks

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Iran marks 35th anniversary of Revolution Day with new centrifuges and ballistic missiles

U.S. Adopts Israeli Demand to Bring Iranâs Missiles into Nuclear Talks
By Gareth Porter
OpEdNews Op Eds 2/22/2014 at 12:11:16

The Barack Obama administration's insistence that Iran discuss its ballistic missile program in the negotiations for a comprehensive nuclear agreement brings its position into line with that of Israel and senators who introduced legislation drafted by the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC aimed at torpedoing the negotiations.

But the history of the issue suggests that the Obama administration knows that Iran will not accept the demand and that it is not necessary to a final agreement guaranteeing that Iran's nuclear program is not used for a weapon.

White House spokesman Jay Carney highlighted the new U.S. demand in a statement Wednesday that the Iranians "have to deal with matters related to their ballistic missile program."

Carney cited United Nations Security Council resolution 1929, approved in 2010, which prohibited any activity related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including missile launches. "So that's completely agreed by Iran in the Joint Plan of Action," he added.


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