Massive Protests in Iran: Anger in the streets of Tehran amid economic turmoil

[Rod1]

Based on the Zero inspections?

Where is the reasonable suspicion?

 

[sub_thug]

No, the deal was supposed to delay the "time to bomb" from a few weeks, to over a year.

That relied on Iran giving up their stockpiles an decommissioning a large amount of centrifugues.

If they start enriching, they will still take a while until they reach enough uranium for a bomb.

We are saying the same thing. The amount of time it takes to set up the labs and make a bomb is supposed to take a very long time. If they can get back to where they were (pre-deal) within a few weeks, that doesn’t bode well for the merits of the deal.

For what it’s worth, I think the deal negotiated by the Obama Administration was the best of all the bad options available at the time. Circumstances are such now that Iran is in a much weaker negotiating position, and it may be worth renegotiating that deal for better terms. This would, of course, be strengthened by evidence that the Iranians are attempting to circumvent their side of the bargain in any way. If the Israelis can provide anything of value, that would certainly push us in that direction.

 

[AlexDB9]

Iran women dance in support of arrested Instagram teen
9 July 2018



Women in Iran have posted videos of themselves dancing online, in support of a teenager who was arrested.

Maedeh Hojabri had gathered thousands of followers on Instagram with videos of herself dancing to Iranian and Western pop music.

On Friday, state TV broadcast Ms Hojabri's apparent confession.

Social media users shared videos and messages supporting the young dancer, using hashtags such as one that translates as #dancing_isn't_a_crime.

The Iranian government has strict rules governing women's clothing and dancing with members of the opposite sex in public is banned, except in front of immediate family members.

Ms Hojabri's videos showed her dancing at home without the mandatory headscarf, or hijab.

Several other dancers have reportedly also been arrested in recent weeks.

Blogger Hossein Ronaghi commented: "If you tell people anywhere in the world that 17 and 18-year-old girls are arrested for their dance, happiness and beauty on charges of spreading indecency, while child rapists and others are free, they will laugh! Because for them, it's unbelievable!"



One Twitter user wrote: "I'm dancing so that they [the authorities] see and know that they cannot take away our happiness and hope by arresting teenagers and (girls like) Maedeh."



This is not the first time dancers in Iran have been arrested for dancing.

Earlier this year, an official in the city of Mashhad was arrested after footage emerged showing a crowd of men and women dancing at a mall in the city, while six people were arrested for Zumba dancing in August.

In 2014, six young Iranians who posted a video of themselves dancing to Pharrell Williams' hit song Happy on the streets and rooftops of Tehran were given suspended sentences of up to one year in prison and 91 lashes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44760840

 

[Rod1]

We are saying the same thing. The amount of time it takes to set up the labs and make a bomb is supposed to take a very long time. If they can get back to where they were (pre-deal) within a few weeks, that doesn’t bode well for the merits of the deal.

They cant go back to where they were in a few weeks, they handed out 25,000 pounds of Uranium enriched to 20%. That its going to take a while to produce.

For what it’s worth, I think the deal negotiated by the Obama Administration was the best of all the bad options available at the time. Circumstances are such now that Iran is in a much weaker negotiating position, and it may be worth renegotiating that deal for better terms. This would, of course, be strengthened by evidence that the Iranians are attempting to circumvent their side of the bargain in any way. If the Israelis can provide anything of value, that would certainly push us in that direction.

How is Iranian position weaker now than back then?

 

[sub_thug]

They cant go back to where they were in a few weeks, they handed out 25,000 pounds of Uranium enriched to 20%. That its going to take a while to produce.

How is Iranian position weaker now than back then?

If the Iranians lied and have been enriching additional uranium or have additional sites to enrich uranium, then they’ll be able to reach nuclear weapon levels quicker than anticipated, meaning that they lied.

The Iranian position is weaker due to economic hardships and civil unrest, as stated in the OP.

 

[jeffk]

Those Maedeh Hojabri dance videos are all over Facebook.

 

[jeffk]

This was rather shitty news.

33 years old Iranian civil rights activist, Maryam Faraji, was one of the women arrested for protesting Iran's compulsory hijab was sentenced to 3 years prison. She was out on bail and her body was found buried and it looks like her ex-fiancée killed her.

 

[Cygnus A]

Dear yanks. If the people of Iran overthrow the sitting regime, and elect a social democrat, don’t stage a coup please. Thank you.

Pigs are gonna before any country in the middle east become liberal.

 

[Rod1]

If the Iranians lied and have been enriching additional uranium or have additional sites to enrich uranium, then they’ll be able to reach nuclear weapon levels quicker than anticipated, meaning that they lied.

Its a possibility.

The Iranian position is weaker due to economic hardships and civil unrest, as stated in the OP.

There were more economic hardships back in 2014 with plummeting oil prices and the such.

 

[sub_thug]

Its a possibility.

There were more economic hardships back in 2014 with plummeting oil prices and the such.

I’d argue the collapse of their currency provides them more economic hardship than the temporary price dips of oil for a country that has some of the deeper pockets in the region.

 

[Rod1]

I’d argue the collapse of their currency provides them more economic hardship than the temporary price dips of oil for a country that has some of the deeper pockets in the region.

Iran doesnt has deep pockets and the expelling from SWIFT caused Iran a lot of hardship.

Iran wont budge, thats for sure.

 

[sub_thug]

Iran doesnt has deep pockets and the expelling from SWIFT caused Iran a lot of hardship.

Iran wont budge, thats for sure.

We will see. They aren’t negotiating from a position of strength, that’s for sure.

 

[Rod1]

We will see. They aren’t negotiating from a position of strength, that’s for sure.

Neither is the USA, unless you put another middle eastern war on the table.

 

[xcvbn]

Iran women dance in support of arrested Instagram teen
9 July 2018

This is why we need to be friendly with Iran and not destroy their country. Where else in the Middle East(and Asia for that matter) have women this sexy- with dyke hair cuts to boot

 

[sub_thug]

Neither is the USA, unless you put another middle eastern war on the table.

Isn’t that the beauty of a guy like the sitting POTUS? I honestly don’t think he’s willing to take it off he table, so there’s no line he isn’t willing to cross. A little uncertainty might just be the edge needed in negotiations.

 

[Rod1]

Isn’t that the beauty of a guy like the sitting POTUS? I honestly don’t think he’s willing to take it off he table, so there’s no line he isn’t willing to cross. A little uncertainty might just be the edge needed in negotiations.

Or what its needed to kick off another major war in the middle east and more sectarian violence.

 

[Arkain2K]

 

[Arkain2K]