U.S. Pushing False Narrative About Iran & Nuclear Weapons [View all]

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Historian and investigative journalist Gareth Porter discusses how fabricated documents from Israel are used to show that Iran is a dishonest negotiating partner and wants to produce nukes -

May 14, 14

Bio

Gareth Porter is a historian and investigative journalist specializing in US foreign and military policy. He writes regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy towards Iraq and Iran. He is the author of five books, of which the latest is Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare.

Transcript snip* Thanks for joining us, Gareth.

GARETH PORTER, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST: Hello again, Jessica.

DESVARIEUX: So, Gareth, first of all just give our audience a quick [update]. Where are we at in terms of these negotiations?

PORTER: Well, this week, of course, is really the start of the most important phase of the negotiations, which is when the two sides, the U.S. and its negotiating partners, the P5+1, and Iran begin to actually draft a comprehensive agreement. And so this is the longest of the sessions so far and by any measure the most important. And whether they can really, you know, make great progress in this particular five days, I think, is going to be all-important in terms of whether there is in fact going to be an agreement.

And my own view, based on what I have picked up over the last several weeks, is that there are going to be very serious problems in this round of negotiations because of the already telegraphed in advance intention of the United States, of the Obama administration, to demand that Iran give up as much as 80 percent of its centrifuges, its capability for enriching uranium, on the ground that the United States must have a minimum of six months lead time once the Iranians have made the decision (the theoretical decision, of course) to go for a nuclear weapon, to try to enrich as much uranium as fast as they can at weapons grade. And, of course, this is going to cause great difficulties, and I would suggest that in fact it's a deal breaker if the United States does not back off the intention to do that.
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