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shira

(30,109 posts)
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 07:43 PM Jul 2014

Kerry to Demand that Iran “Cease and Desist” From Sending Missiles to Hamas

The Jerusalem Post reports today that Secretary of State John Kerry, who is in Vienna for a final push to reach a permanent nuclear deal with Iran, will ask Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to have his country stop sending rockets to Hamas.

An administration source was quoted:

“Iran has a longstanding record of supplying weapons, rockets, to various terror groups in Gaza, including Hamas,” one senior Obama administration official said from Vienna. “Those rockets are being used to fire at civilian areas, and Iran has a responsibility to cease and desist from continuing to supply weapons in this conflict.”

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A recent United Nations report cited by the Wall Street Journal cited “Iran’s critical ‘role in fueling Middle East terror.’” Kerry’s intent to challenge Zarif on this point implicitly shows that it is increasingly difficult to overlook Iran’s role as an international sponsor of terror in the context of the nuclear negotiations.

http://www.thetower.org/kerry-demand-iran-stop-sending-missiles-hamas/
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Kerry to Demand that Iran “Cease and Desist” From Sending Missiles to Hamas (Original Post) shira Jul 2014 OP
Is this a signal the US will stop funding Israel's military might too? n/t Jefferson23 Jul 2014 #1
I am sure Iran is nervous....NOT yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #2
I was being facetious, Kerry needs to say what he does, and I do hope for the greater good Jefferson23 Jul 2014 #3
True. We live in interesting times for sure. yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #4
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
2. I am sure Iran is nervous....NOT
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:13 PM
Jul 2014

Iran has already had so many sanctions put on them that I think at this point, they just don't care what any other country says. Let's hope this works, but I doubt it.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
3. I was being facetious, Kerry needs to say what he does, and I do hope for the greater good
Mon Jul 14, 2014, 08:16 PM
Jul 2014

does not allow break downs to occur in making a deal with Iran.

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