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http://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2015/mar/09/part-ii-iran-responds-gop-letter
Part II: Iran Responds to GOP Letter
March 9, 2015 | 2:52pm
On Mach 9, Irans U.N. mission circulated the following press release detailing Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifs reaction to the GOP letter on a nuclear deal.
Asked about the open letter of 47 US Senators to Iranian leaders, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, responded that in our view, this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy. It is very interesting that while negotiations are still in progress and while no agreement has been reached, some political pressure groups are so afraid even of the prospect of an agreement that they resort to unconventional methods, unprecedented in diplomatic history. This indicates that like Netanyahu, who considers peace as an existential threat, some are opposed to any agreement, regardless of its content.
Zarif expressed astonishment that some members of US Congress find it appropriate to write to leaders of another country against their own President and administration. He pointed out that from reading the open letter, it seems that the authors not only do not understand international law, but are not fully cognizant of the nuances of their own Constitution when it comes to presidential powers in the conduct of foreign policy.
Foreign Minister Zarif added that I should bring one important point to the attention of the authors and that is, the world is not the United States, and the conduct of inter-state relations is governed by international law, and not by US domestic law. The authors may not fully understand that in international law, governments represent the entirety of their respective states, are responsible for the conduct of foreign affairs, are required to fulfil the obligations they undertake with other states and may not invoke their internal law as justification for failure to perform their international obligations.
The Iranian Foreign Minister added that change of administration does not in any way relieve the next administration from international obligations undertaken by its predecessor in a possible agreement about Irans peaceful nuclear program. He continued I wish to enlighten the authors that if the next administration revokes any agreement with the stroke of a pen, as they boast, it will have simply committed a blatant violation of international law. He emphasized that if the current negotiation with P5+1 [Britain, China, France, Germany Russia and the United States] result in a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, it will not be a bilateral agreement between Iran and the US, but rather one that will be concluded with the participation of five other countries, including all permanent members of the Security Council, and will also be endorsed by a Security Council resolution.
Zarif expressed the hope that his comments may enrich the knowledge of the authors to recognize that according to international law, Congress may not modify the terms of the agreement at any time as they claim, and if Congressadopts any measure to impede its implementation, it will have committed a material breach of US obligations.
The Foreign Minister also informed the authors that majority of US international agreements in recent decades are in fact what the signatories describe as mere executive agreements and not treaties ratified by the Senate. He reminded them that their letter in fact undermines the credibility of thousands of such mere executive agreements that have been or will be entered into by the US with various other governments.
Zarif concluded by stating that the Islamic Republic of Iran has entered these negotiations in good faith and with the political will to reach an agreement, and it is imperative for our counterparts to prove similar good faith and political will in order to make an agreement possible.
Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to UN - New York
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padfun
(1,786 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)liberalla
(9,238 posts)How especially ridiculous and foolish they look after this...
malaise
(268,930 posts)Rec
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Now that is priceless.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)--imm
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Obviously and predictably the treasonous and uneducated Senators will be crying Victimhood and Outrage as usual....yawn.
Odd how foreign governments understand the American Constitution better than elected American federal officials.....not that odd if you realize that LYING is all these folks have to work with.
Zarif did worse than "smack" the GOP, he did far, far worse.
He educated them, as Obama often has to do lately.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)He educated them, as Obama often has to do lately; while, signaling that the negotiations are likely to produce a deal the world can live with (with an emphasis on "live" .
Strategically, one doesn't call any part of an negotiating state, idiots unless a widely supported deal is close at hand ... No, one holds onto they idiocy and uses it as the reason the negotiations failed.
I really wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a detailed (and positive) negotiations status release, in the next few days ... close enough to the election to sink a certain candidacy.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Payback.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)if the "authors" knew they have been hit.
C_U_L8R
(44,998 posts)Oh the republicans are gonna have hemorrhoids over that.
HI-LAR-I-OUS !!!
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)2naSalit
(86,536 posts)F'ing morans!
monmouth4
(9,694 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)is such a RW tool that he can barely contain himself these days since he's already sworn in a Republican president. He practical wiggles in excitement when he delivers R talking points as news. His prose are always slanted.
monmouth4
(9,694 posts)pnwmom
(108,976 posts)rather than less.
What wonderful blowback that would be.
RussBLib
(9,006 posts)if only
spanone
(135,823 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)Dr. Zarif certainly knows the US Constitution and International Law much better than Republicans who know little more than what they have learned from the lying liars who came before them...and the blithering talking heads like Supreme Liar of Fux, O'Reilly.
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)the words written on there are just to big of a word for these bunch of numpties and their interns to comprehend what is being said of their actions.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Braley telling that group of lawyers that the Judiciary Committee would be headed by a person who was not a lawyer. That he would sign this glop speaks volumes about his knowledge, or lack thereof, of the law.
Spazito
(50,290 posts)I wish to enlighten the authors that if the next administration revokes any agreement with the stroke of a pen, as they boast, it will have simply committed a blatant violation of international law. He emphasized that if the current negotiation with P5+1 result in a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, it will not be a bilateral agreement between Iran and the US, but rather one that will be concluded with the participation of five other countries, including all permanent members of the Security Council, and will also be endorsed by a Security Council resolution."
One intellect vs 47 dolts. NO CONTEST!
onethatcares
(16,166 posts)really appreciate an intelligent reply.
This fits that to a "T"
Cha
(297,154 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)Well done