[Kzyxtalk] Iran Nuclear Deal Myths -- on KMEC Radio, Monday, April 13, at 1 p.m.

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KMEC Radio returns on Monday, April 13, at 1 p.m., Pacific Time, with hosts Sid and John, and guest, Reese Erlich, to talk about Iran. 

We'll schedule Gareth Porter for a future show. 

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IRAN DEAL MYTH: SANCTIONS 

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif -- in a clear rebuff to U.S. government officials' claims about when sanctions would be lifted on Iran -- has tweeted the following since the nuclear agreement was announced on Thursday : 

* "The solutions are good for all, as they stand. There is no need to spin using 'fact sheets' so early on." 

* "Iran/5+1 Statement: 'US will cease the application of ALL nuclear-related secondary economic and financial sanctions.' Is this gradual?" 

* "Iran/P5+1 Statement: 'The EU will TERMINATE the implementation of ALL nuclear-related economic and financial sanctions'. How about this?" 

Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a f ormer Iranian negotiator who is now at Princeton University, disputed on " Democracy Now! " last week the often-repeated notion that the sanctions compelled the Iranian side to accept the agreement. In fact, he states, the Iranian side had put forward such a framework in 2003, but it was rejected. He also dismissed much-covered Israeli objections, since Israel has a massive nuclear weapons arsenal , and Israel also refuses to allow any inspections and sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. 

REESE ERLICH 

Foreign correspondent Erlich's books include The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis . He recently wrote the piece " Lifting U.S. sanctions to Iran's satisfaction won't be easy " for Global Post. In 2013, he wrote the piece " Iranians say U.S. sanctions hit wrong target ." 

Erlich's bio is found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reese_Erlich 

GARETH PORTER 

Porter is an investigative journalist and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare . He recently wrote the piece " Iran demands lifting of sanctions for 'irreversible' moves, says insider " for Middle East Eye. 
Porter said today: "The final hours of the negotiations on the historic deal reached Thursday were marked by 'brinksmanship' by both sides, according to U.S. diplomat, seeking to convince the other side that there would be no deal unless the other side gave way on two remaining key issues: R&D on advanced centrifuges and the modalities of lifting sanctions. 

"In the end the negotiators resorted to compromise language that either left the issue to be resolved in later negotiations or achieved a compromise that leans toward the Iranian demand." 

Porter's bio is found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Porter 












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