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A solid article, outlining the reticence of Iran to stop its nuclear program.\u00a0 Biden will have great difficulty getting Iran to the negotiating table or agreeing to a timetable.\u00a0 \u201cFor Biden, reentering the Iran deal will not be an easy task,\u201d<\/a> Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel, November 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cOutgoing US Secretary of State engages in last Twitter war with Iranian Supreme Leader,\u201d<\/a> AMN, November 8, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe exchange began when the Iranian Supreme Leader posted: \u201cThe situation in the US & what they themselves say about their elections is a spectacle! This is an example of the ugly face of liberal democracy in the US. Regardless of the outcome, one thing is absolutely clear, the definite political, civil, & moral decline of the US regime.\u201d An angry Pompeo responded the Iranian Supreme Leader\u2019s tweet by accusing him of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the Iranian people. \u201c@khamenei_ir \u2013 You\u2019ve personally stolen hundreds of millions of dollars from your people. Your elections are a joke, with hundreds of candidates disqualified from even running. Today, your people starve because you spend billions on proxy wars to protect your kleptocracy.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran starts drilling operations on Phase 11 of South Pars gas field after years of delay,\u201d<\/a> Xinhua, November 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

That Iran remains, for the moment, still in the JCPOA provides some hope for better economic results and better relations, explains an op-ed.\u00a0 See \u201cThe Optimistic Case for Biden and Iran,\u201d<\/a> Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, op-ed, Bourse and Bazaar, November 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran: We will build our own helicopters, supply Iraq,\u201d<\/a> Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, November 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

Ironically, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council \u201cAli Shamkhani said an end to the tenure of Trump was not a surprise, but a verdict ordained by history. \u201cMost American people rejected the record full of failures from an ideology that saw bullying and coercion as a solution to problems.\u201d\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s Shamkhani: Trump Lesson for Posterity,\u201d<\/a> Tasnim News Agency, November, 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

Again, note where the FM goes, and where he does not.\u00a0 This tour has included Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Nicaragua.\u00a0 \u201cIran FM holds talks with Nicaraguan counterpart,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, November 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

No, Leader, America is not in decline because Trump lost.\u00a0 Look at the full picture.\u00a0 \u201cIranian officials react to Biden victory in US presidential race,\u201d<\/a> Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera, November 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

Deaths on Saturday\u2014remember, the real number is 3 to 4 times higher.\u00a0 \u201cUPDATE 1-Iran’s daily COVID-19 deaths hit record of 459 \u2013 TV,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, November 8, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s president calls on Biden to return to nuclear deal,\u201d<\/a> AP, November 8, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0But Rouhani doesn\u2019t just ask the U.S. to rejoin the JCPOA.\u00a0 He demands that Pres-elect Biden “compensate for past mistakes.”\u00a0 That means to make financial payment for any sanctions damages the U.S. alleged has made, before Iran will allow the U.S. back into the JCPOA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A solid article, outlining the reticence of Iran to stop its nuclear program.\u00a0 Biden will have great difficulty getting Iran to the negotiating table or agreeing to a timetable.\u00a0 \u201cFor Biden, reentering the Iran deal will not be an easy task,\u201d Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel, November 8, 2020. \u201cOutgoing US Secretary of State … <\/p>\n

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