JCPOA (hijack from War Games: Russia Takes Ukraine...)

[SergUpstart]

The United States may use force against Iran as a "last resort" in case of failure of negotiations on the renegotiation of the JCPOA, President Joe Biden said in an interview with Israeli Channel 12.

[mistermack]

30 minutes ago, SergUpstart said:

The United States may use force against Iran as a "last resort" in case of failure of negotiations on the renegotiation of the JCPOA, President Joe Biden said in an interview with Israeli Channel 12.

Why no link? Why did I have to find it myself? Anyway :

 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-iran-force-nuclear-weapon-b2122488.html  

I'd really like to know how this "negotiating" method is different from that of Putin ?    

[swansont]

36 minutes ago, SergUpstart said:

The United States may use force against Iran as a "last resort" in case of failure of negotiations on the renegotiation of the JCPOA, President Joe Biden said in an interview with Israeli Channel 12.

In other news, sun rises in east. Is “force is a last resort” in any way meaningful in diplomacy?

[LaurieAG]

On 7/14/2022 at 5:31 AM, SergUpstart said:

The United States may use force against Iran as a "last resort" in case of failure of negotiations on the renegotiation of the JCPOA, President Joe Biden said in an interview with Israeli Channel 12.

Why would the US do it if Israel has been the main it/military aggressor in the past 20 years or so.?

[SergUpstart]

On 7/16/2022 at 9:18 AM, LaurieAG said:

Why would the US do it if Israel has been the main it/military aggressor in the past 20 years or so.?

Iran is becoming Russia's second closest ally after Belarus. Putin is expected to visit Tehran next week. Iranian UAVs are also expected to be delivered to Russia, if this happens, Iran will become the first country to supply weapons to Russia. Two weeks ago, Syria, which is essentially a vassal of Tehran and Moscow, recognized the independence of the UPR and the LPR (Ukraine in response severed diplomatic relations with Syria, and later it severed diplomatic relations with the DPRK, which also recognized the independence of the DPR and the LPR). Finally, Iran, along with Saudi Arabia and Argentina, has applied to join the BRIC. Turkey and Egypt are also going to join the BRIC.

[SergUpstart]

Tehran has prepared advanced weapons for export to friendly countries, said the commander-in-chief of the country's ground forces, Brigadier General Kiyumars Heidari.

https://musicnewsfirst.com/iran-expresses-readiness-to-export-drones/

[MigL]

Iran's leaders should be careful.
Russia and North Korea enjoy a certain amount of 'freedom' to act as renegade states because they have nuclear weapons.
Iran has no such leverage.

[iNow]

13 minutes ago, MigL said:

Iran's leaders should be careful.
Russia and North Korea enjoy a certain amount of 'freedom' to act as renegade states because they have nuclear weapons.
Iran has no such leverage.

They're already enriching uranium to 60% and there are no obvious technical obstacles to them reaching the required 90%. Most indicators suggest they're already quite capable of pretty quickly producing nuclear weapons and have simply chosen not to (thus far). The leverage is not so absent as you suggest, IMO. 

[MigL]

With 60 % they can make 'dirty' bombs, as 60 % is not fissile, as opposed to fissionable ( requiring high energy neutron bombardment ).
60 to 80 % ( minimum required for fissilability ) is the difficult part.

See here     Why It's So Hard to Make Nuclear Weapons | Live Science

[iNow]

27 minutes ago, iNow said:

there are no obvious technical obstacles to them reaching the required 90%

 

[MigL]

1 hour ago, iNow said:

there are no obvious technical obstacles to them reaching the required 90%.

The IDF.
As previously done in Operatio Opera in June 1981, when the French designed Osiris class nuclear reactor was rendered unoperational by an Israeli Air Force strike group of F-16A fighter jets.
The IDF now has close to 50 F-35s, making stealthy strikes even more viable in the middle East region.
And who would go to war with Israel ?
They DO have nuclear weapons.

Edited July 20, 2022 by MigL

[iNow]

Lol. That's not really a technical obstacle, though. I agree it exists, but let's call it a geopolitical / risk vs benefits obstacle.