Epstein Secrets

it. You cannot bomb knowledge and technical expertise. To try would be to empower those in Tehran who say the regime will be safe only when, like North Korea, it has a weapon. So when Barack Obama says the US will never allow Iran to get the bomb he is indulging in, albeit understandable, wishful thinkin

ent threat. European agencies are more relaxed, suggesting Tehran is still two years or so away from a weapon. Western diplomats broadly agree that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has not taken a definitive decision to step over the line. What Iran has been seeking is what diplomats call a breakout capability — the capacity t

tify to the Congress that the following countries are not cooperating fully with United States antiterrorism efforts," listing Cuba along with Iran, North Korea, Syria and Venezuela. Reuters adds that "numerous experts said it was one more signal that Biden was not Obama when it comes to Cuba." EFTA0014834

vented by term limits from running again." According to the Post, "The council's selections, which reflect the preferences of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, virtually guarantee the election of a hard-line government," and Ebrahim Raisi, "a conservative cleric who heads Iran's judiciary, is widely viewe

ide whose boss leans dovish. "On one hand, we've seen this movie before -- crazy nuke states pretend to negotiate while buying time to enrich (a la North Korea) ... [B]ut his perceived openness seems to have the implicit backing of the mullahs -- which adds a new element to these negotiations, and one that

cause it is largely impervious to airstrikes, or to dismantle any of its centrifuges. Even if Rouhani signed off, meanwhile, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, could veto the deal. Still, the Obama administration's chief nuclear negotiator, Wendy Sherman, told a Senate panel earlier this month that the W

tify to the Congress that the following countries are not cooperating fully with United States antiterrorism efforts," listing Cuba along with Iran, North Korea, Syria and Venezuela. Reuters adds that "numerous experts said it was one more signal that Biden was not Obama when it comes to Cuba." NYTimes Ana

ented by term limits from running again." According to the Post, "The council's selections, which reflect the preferences of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, virtually guarantee the election of a hard-line government," and Ebrahim Raisi, "a conservative cleric who heads Iran's judiciary, is widely viewe

f the news items even bothered to men- tion the crime supposedly committed by Lisa Ling and Euna Lee. the two journal- ists who were au rested by North Korea. I did discover that it had something to do with an inadvertent border crossing Inadvertent? What does that mean? There was an open field betwee

council is a 12- member commission that must validate the elections before an official winner can be declared. Council members are appointed by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, and the head of the judiciary. The council vets candi- dates and has the power to veto laws deemed inconsis- tent with Is