MSNBC comments on the Iranian nuclear agreement and RT TV crudely tells us why Netanyahu is pissed

[Maurice Ostroff]

The basics of the nuclear agreement with Iran

According to the American understanding of the
P5+1 agreement, nuclear power plants need uranium
that is enriched to only 5% and as Iran says it
is enriching uranium and building nuclear
reactors only for peaceful civilian energy needs,
the agreement requires Iran to dilute its
stockpile of 20% enriched uranium to 5%. Moreover
Iran is required to halt all enrichment above 5%
and dismantle the technical equipment required to
do that. Iran will also have to cut back on
constructing new centrifuges and enrichment
facilities, and freeze essential work on its
heavy-water reactor under development at Arak.

BUT the Iranians interpret the agreement differently

Iranian President Hassan Rohani and Foreign
Minister Zarifi said Iran’s "Enrichment
Activities Will Proceed Similar To The Past".
Moreover they told the world press on November 24

‘Regarding Natanz and Fordo, the [current] number
of centrifuges will be maintained; our 5%-
enriched material will be maintained; and we also
need to enrich to 20% for the research reactor in
Tehran, and [therefore] this process [of
enrichment to 20%] will continue based on the plans that we had…
“Our heavy water project [at Arak] will continue
along the same lines as in the current situation…
“no material [i.e. enriched uranium] will be taken out of the country.”
On the popular MSNBC Rachel Maddow show, Rachel
interviewed Joseph Cirincione, president of the
publicly supported Ploughshares Fund which is
dedicated to seeking peace and security in a
world without nuclear weapons. The foundation has
raised over $80 million to "fund the smartest
people with the best ideas" to achieve its objectives. (16.54 on the timeline)

And the English language Russian TV station RT TV
aired a program hosted by Abby Martin under the
title " Iran deal: Why Netanyahu is pissed" in
which she mistakenly claimed that Iran had agreed
to restrict enrichment to 5% and she accused PM
Netanyahu of war-mongering because he (correctly
as has been proved) understood the agreement
differently and concluded that it was a bad agreement.

Click here for my open emails to MSNBC, Mr. Cirincione and RT TV

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Regards

Maurice