India's 'substantial sacrifice' on sanctions helped seal Iran nuclear deal: US

[[Bregs]]

WASHINGTON, Acknowledging India's "substantial sacrifice" in backing the sanctions regime against Iran, the White House has again warned that if the Republican-controlled Congress unilaterally kills the Iran nuclear deal, it would greatly damage America's standing.

"No longer would countries like India, who have been making a substantial sacrifice over the years, have any interest or incentive to continue to enforce those sanctions against Iran," White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Friday.

Indian leaders had agreed to curtail the import of oil from Iran making an "economic sacrifice" and backed the sanctions against Tehran to advance US effort to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon through diplomacy, he said.

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"In essence ...countries like India had agreed that they would take these steps, even at their own expense, to try to reach this broader international agreement," he said.

Earnest recalled that when the sanctions were originally put in place, US officials travelled around the world "including to India, sat down with the Indian government and asked them to curtail the amount of Iranian oil that they imported into the country".

"And we acknowledged in the context of those discussions that this would be an economic sacrifice that the people of India and that the economy of India would have to make," he said.

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"But Indian leaders agreed to it by saying that this is something that they were willing to do if they can advance our effort to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon through diplomacy," Earnest said.

"And the good news is that that agreement has been reached. And it is an agreement that is supported by the international community - 99 percent of the world as the President (Barack Obama) has described it," Earnest said.

"And that's why it would be so damaging to the standing of the United States for the United States Congress to act unilaterally to kill this deal," he said.

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"No longer would countries like India, who have been making a substantial sacrifice over the years, have any interest or incentive to continue to enforce those sanctions against Iran," Earnest said.

"There is no basis, there is no credible claim for why they would be willing to do that," he said.

"And there is no denying the significant negative impact on United States credibility for the United States to be isolated in this way."

"That's why the president has said if Congress were to move forward to kill this deal or kill this agreement, it would, in fact, yield a better deal for Iran," Earnest said.

"Because what we would see is that Iran would get sanctions relief; they would have the ability to sell oil to India and get the proceeds of doing so...without having to submit to the most intrusive set of inspections that have ever been imposed on a country's nuclear programme," he said.

"That's why I've long said that the case before Congress is that Iran is going to get sanctions relief," Earnest said.

"The question is whether or not the United States and the international community is going to get anything for it. And that is ultimately the choice before members of Congress right now," he said.

India's 'substantial sacrifice' in backing sanctions helped seal Iran nuclear deal: White House - The Times of India

 

[Viper0011.]

WASHINGTON, Acknowledging India's "substantial sacrifice" in backing the sanctions regime against Iran, the White House has again warned that if the Republican-controlled Congress unilaterally kills the Iran nuclear deal, it would greatly damage America's standing.

Everyone knew Indian lobby was at it inside the US, ordered by the Indian Government as India needed to link up to Iran for her business purposes. I hope this deal gets blocked. Iran needs to end the program unconditionally. There is no iff and but about it.

We can't become a hostage to all Indian agendas. Note the "sacrifice" seen in Washington, is really Indian business interests and their lobbyist's "sacrifice" in forcing the US to lift bans on Iran.

We can't fool Israel and can't let Israel down. We shouldn't lift sanctions unless Iran unconditionally gives up this nuke program before even having negotiations to lift sanctions.

 

[[Bregs]]

This deal is for the world peace at large and will serve the economic interests of many countries including Pakistan if viewed in proper perspective

 

[volatile]

Phehle work for regional peace than world peace

 

[nForce]

Everyone knew Indian lobby was at it inside the US, ordered by the Indian Government as India needed to link up to Iran for her business purposes. I hope this deal gets blocked. Iran needs to end the program unconditionally. There is no iff and but about it.

We can't become a hostage to all Indian agendas. Note the "sacrifice" seen in Washington, is really Indian business interests and their lobbyist's "sacrifice" in forcing the US to lift bans on Iran.

We can't fool Israel and can't let Israel down. We shouldn't lift sanctions unless Iran unconditionally gives up this nuke program before even having negotiations to lift sanctions.

How is business bad for the region ? You are painting it as if we have some nefarious plans to destabilize the region.
We don't want that. More business means more job opportunities and development.

Phehle work for regional peace than world peace

US has worked out it's regional peace quite well.

 

[MilSpec]

Everyone knew Indian lobby was at it inside the US, ordered by the Indian Government as India needed to link up to Iran for her business purposes. I hope this deal gets blocked. Iran needs to end the program unconditionally. There is no iff and but about it.

We can't become a hostage to all Indian agendas. Note the "sacrifice" seen in Washington, is really Indian business interests and their lobbyist's "sacrifice" in forcing the US to lift bans on Iran.

We can't fool Israel and can't let Israel down. We shouldn't lift sanctions unless Iran unconditionally gives up this nuke program before even having negotiations to lift sanctions.

Another Gem of a Post....

how about learning about the Iran Deal from the Potus himself, or is he a stooge of Indian lobbyist too?

How is business bad for the region ? You are painting it as if we have some nefarious plans to destabilize the region.
We don't want that. More business means more job opportunities and development.


US has worked out it's regional peace quite well.

i.e because he is a false flag to ashamed of identifying his real national affiliations.

 

[RazorMC]

Everyone knew Indian lobby was at it inside the US, ordered by the Indian Government as India needed to link up to Iran for her business purposes. I hope this deal gets blocked. Iran needs to end the program unconditionally. There is no iff and but about it.

We can't become a hostage to all Indian agendas. Note the "sacrifice" seen in Washington, is really Indian business interests and their lobbyist's "sacrifice" in forcing the US to lift bans on Iran.

We can't fool Israel and can't let Israel down. We shouldn't lift sanctions unless Iran unconditionally gives up this nuke program before even having negotiations to lift sanctions.

I don't know what Indian lobby you are referring to, but the Press Sec. was highlighting India's decision not to buy Iranian crude despite their reliance.
It is also a message to China and Russia who, in a way, did not support this measure wholeheartedly.

I don't know what Indian lobby you are referring to, but the Press Sec. was highlighting India's decision not to buy Iranian crude despite their reliance.
It is also a message to China and Russia who, in a way, did not support this measure wholeheartedly.

Putting economic pressure on Iran was crucial to negotiations and the deal will go through despite the GCC and Israeli opposition.

 

[Bhasad Singh Mundi]

Phehle work for regional peace than world peace

regional peace ke liye hi to pakistan banaya tha, bhool gaye kya?? now its your turn.

 

[DesiGuy]

Another Gem of a Post....

how about learning about the Iran Deal from the Potus himself, or is he a stooge of Indian lobbyist too?

i.e because he is a false flag to ashamed of identifying his real national affiliations.

damm...
Viper0011.
he knows too...i suggest you come with another account and try harder..this one is a fail.

 

[nForce]

I don't know what Indian lobby you are referring to, but the Press Sec. was highlighting India's decision not to buy Iranian crude despite their reliance.
It is also a message to China and Russia who, in a way, did not support this measure wholeheartedly.



Putting economic pressure on Iran was crucial to negotiations and the deal will go through despite the GCC and Israeli opposition.

Iran and India helped each other as much as it could have been done. At times we traded in Indian currency, sometimes we exchanged rice for oil, back to stone-age barter system. We have opened up hundreds of fictitious bank accounts for Iran in one of our banks UCO bank. Iran at times did not charge for the oil that went to India. FICCI regularly sends trade delegations to Iran to ramp up trade and business opportunities. Some of the Indian vehicles are also exported to Iran.

We could go only that much. Finally we had to give in to sanctions too. If I'm not mistaken the Irano-Hind Shippping company was shutdown due to these sanctions only. Probably they are trying to revive it now.

 

[Viper0011.]

Another Gem of a Post....

how about learning about the Iran Deal from the Potus himself, or is he a stooge of Indian lobbyist too?

i.e because he is a false flag to ashamed of identifying his real national affiliations.

POTUS is a huge fan of India. The Clinton Foundation received over $ 80 millions of "donations" from India just a couple of years ago. Who do you think they'll root for ??? . $ 80 million "donations" from a country where 600 million people can't even take a shiit with proper sanitation (literally) . That $ 80 million was needed by your nation more than the Clinton foundation. BUT....we all know why these massive donations are given. It is the lobby and its just one example.

On Iran, IMO, we needed a much stronger reaction like the Republican party members suggest. From what I know is that even inside the Democrats, there is a break becoming very clear on Iran's issue. I feel like we betrayed Israel due to another lobby forcing us towards "resolving" this with Iran so India can start their "strategic trade" with Iran. I think no matter what happens, we need to make sure that Israel's interests are protected and that Iran either ENTIRELY dismantles everything unilaterally or we go in and take these places out. Simple is that.

On the flag thing, you can continue to cry about it, it doesn't matter to me. The flag is my signatures is what I salute. When people have NO facts left to show any counter legit argument, they start personal crap. It seems as anything you write that doesn't meet the Indian interest and propaganda, you are called Pakistani and all other stuff. Does it change the fact that the shiit hole has turned into a mansion? NO. It's still the same old smelly mess....

No matter what you call me or others with personal crap, doesn't negate the fact that in the "peaceful" India, people like you and your other cousins are too busy spreading Hindu terror, killing and forcing minorities to convert over to Hinduism or die, women get raped (both Indian and Western women visiting India). So you can call me whatever the hell makes you sleep at night, your country doesn't become "peaceful" by your posts. Someone will have to wake the hell up and start to push towards safe guarding your minorities.

I don't know what Indian lobby you are referring to, but the Press Sec. was highlighting India's decision not to buy Iranian crude despite their reliance.
It is also a message to China and Russia who, in a way, did not support this measure wholeheartedly .

Do you know how much "went into" MAKING India not buy the oil? And do you know how much push India's been doing to solve the Iran issue so that they can resume their "strategic trade" with Iran and build strategic ports and all??? At the end, it works out for India, but it screws up our relationship with Israel and others. Not to mention, the time its giving Iran, they can hide a LOT of their progress and move stuff to different locations. Which means, in a small future conflict, after sanctions are lifted, Iran would have bought a LOT of new weapons and it would pose a much bigger threat than it does today. This needs to be fixed now vs. later.

By the time a UN team goes inside these buildings, they'll find empty cans of Coca Cola and some Russian Vodka and some machines put in there to print T-Shirts . All the other stuff would've been moved to some other place. We know they hid stuff before and they'll do it again.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

@Viper0011.

You are rooting for this deal to be blocked ONLY because " India "
is getting mentioned again and again

Ironical isnt it ; it was Pakistan who sacrificed the Iran Pakistan pipeline
isnt it ? Or wait they didnt have the funds anyway

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Everyone knew Indian lobby was at it inside the US, ordered by the Indian Government as India needed to link up to Iran for her business purposes. I hope this deal gets blocked. Iran needs to end the program unconditionally. There is no iff and but about it.

We can't become a hostage to all Indian agendas. Note the "sacrifice" seen in Washington, is really Indian business interests and their lobbyist's "sacrifice" in forcing the US to lift bans on Iran.

We can't fool Israel and can't let Israel down. We shouldn't lift sanctions unless Iran unconditionally gives up this nuke program before even having negotiations to lift sanctions.

US Foreign Policy usually lurches from plainly idiotic to downright moronic. And the American stand-off with Iran was a very good example of that. As usually happens..... sometimes the Americans have to wake upto reality, just as they have been forced to do so now.... to the importance of Iran in the region, and even more importantly the need that America has for Iran to play a stabilising role in the region. If the Jewish-Israeli lobby in Washington thinks that it is the tail that wags the American dog..... then it simply lives in a fool's paradise.

Israel's importance to the West (and to India for that matter) is circumscribed; which is why both of them have pursued realistic policies w.r.t. Iran. If the Americans think that they can defy Reality (and Gravity) let them.... it will only mean more American money and American blood down the tube.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

US Foreign Policy usually lurches from plainly idiotic to downright moronic. And the American stand-off with Iran was a very good example of that. As usually happens..... sometimes the Americans have to wake upto reality, just as they have been forced to do so now.... to the importance of Iran in the region, and even more importantly the need that America has to Iran playing a stabilising role in the region. If the Jewish-Israeli lobby in Washington thinks that it is the tail that wags the American dog..... then it simply lives in a fool's paradise.

Israel's importance to the West (and to India for that matter) is circumscribed; which is why both of them have pursued realistic policies w.r.t. Iran. If the Americans think that they can defy Reality (and Gravity) let them.... it will only mean more American money and American blood down the tube.

If ever US could have attacked Iran ; it was in 2001 ; post 9 / 11

Both Russia and China were weak in 2001

But they went after Saddam and Bankrupted themselves

 

[Capt.Popeye]

If ever US could have attacked Iran ; it was in 2001 ; post 9 / 11

Both Russia and China were weak in 2001

But they went after Saddam and Bankrupted themselves

Money is less of an issue, the Americans bankrupted themselves of ideas much before that. The Americans have no sense of History. They need to learn more about that, may be even from the Chinese on that account.