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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Iranian news agency slams AP article for error on sanctions - ignores other problematic major Iranian red lines cited

[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA
For the AP article
http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-iran-deal-a-look-at-what-it-does-and-problems-remaining/
The start of the article has poor wording: " Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the
supreme leader, also says he wants all economic sanctions lifted before the
deal is signed" - but later in the article "Iran wants sanctions lifted up
front" which is consistent with FNA's own report on the timing "
immediately terminated right at the time when the agreement is endorsed."
The AP article details the other problematic Iranian red lines (inspection
restrictions. etc., but they are not addressed in this Iranian report.]

AP Distorts Iranian Leader's Remarks in Naive Plot to Blame Iran If N. Talks
Fail
Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:28
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13940406000022

TEHRAN (FNA - Fars News Agency)- The New York Times in a Friday article
wired from AP distorted the Tuesday remarks of the Iranian Supreme Leader on
the country's terms for a final nuclear deal to blame Ayatollah Khamenei and
Tehran upfront in case the nuclear talks fail to end in an agreement

The Associated Press in an article titled "The Iran Deal: A Look at What It
Does and Problems Remaining" and released on the eve of a final round of
negotiations between Iran and the six world powers (the US, Britain, France,
Germany, Russia and China) embarked on a fool-hearted and blatant distortion
of the Iranian Supreme Leader's remarks to make all his demands look
irrational and project the blame on him and on the Islamic Republic in case
the talks fail, specially now that both sides say progress in drafting the
final deal is not made as expected and a further extension of the July 1
deadline is likely.

The AP piece claims that Ayatollah Khamenei "says he wants all economic
sanctions lifted before the deal is signed" , while this is not true at all.

In fact, the Iranian Supreme Leader said something completely different. In
an early news version of his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei said, "All the
economic, financial and banking sanctions, no matter they are related to the
Security Council or the US Congress or the US administration, should be
immediately terminated right at the time when the agreement is endorsed, and
the rest of the sanctions should also be removed in rational intervals."

And in a manuscript version of his remarks that is normally released on his
own website a day after each of his meetings and speeches, you may also find
the same.

The Iranian Leader then explained that the Americans have introduced a
complicated, multi-layered and estrange formula for the termination of the
sanctions with no guaranteed result for Iran, "but we state our points in
very explicit terms".

And then he stressed that striking a deal means give and take and Iran is
ready to give concessions as long as its redlines are not crossed since it
believes in a fair and just deal, but the US is in a quest for a
totalitarian agreement where it gives nothing much to Iran, and sees most of
its excessive demands met.

Ayatollah Khamenei further explained that Americans are just seeking to
destroy Iran's nuclear industry through the negotiations.

The Iranian Leader took the initiative to explain the conditions in explicit
terms to the Iranians and to the world, and one would wonder how passive and
paralyzed the Americans have grown to show such a thoughtless and naive
reaction, or maybe the AP thinks no one knows English in Iran.

Given the fact that the foreign ministers of Iran and the world powers are
scheduled to arrive in Vienna on Saturday to have their final meetings in
these marathon talks, anyone a bit acquainted with the history of the
western propaganda about Iran's nuclear issue will immediately find out that
this has no way been a misquotation, but another distortion.

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