SEATTLE NEWS ARCHIVES & FEATURES

Why doesn’t America have an Iran policy?

Apr 21, 2017, 6:07 PM

Iran, iran policy...

US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (AP)

(AP)

I would like to crush a Progressive myth. It’s our Iran policy. We don’t have one.

There was a great write up about this on the Powerline blog called “The Trouble with Compliance.”

RELATED: North Korea is Trump’s first major international problem

Remember when the Iran agreement was being designed? There were members of the Senate who wanted to see the agreement and were told they couldn’t!

This was all the creation of Barack Obama’s. But the Ayatollah himself said there was no agreement. They called it a deal, but it was not. Nothing was signed.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says that Iran is only being delayed from becoming a nuclear state. And that the Trump administration is not going to pass the buck on Iran.

“The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is not a treaty, or an executive agreement and is not a signed document,” reads a line from a 2015 letter sent by Obama’s State Department.

Since there is no agreement, the new president can do whatever he wants.

As always, please listen to the full audio clip for complete context.

Please follow our Community Guidelines

Protesters march to the Capitol after the ACLU of Mississippi's voting rights rally on the Supreme ...

Associated Press

Fiery crowd caps Mississippi redistricting hearings. Opponents urge: ‘Leave our maps alone’

Tempers flared Thursday at a packed redistricting hearing at the Mississippi Capitol, where a large majority of speakers criticized what they said was a power grab aimed at diminishing Black political power and further entrenching Republican dominance over state politics. The hearing in Jackson capped off a slate of often fiery public hearings that began […]

15 minutes ago

seattle police (1)...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘A $13 million mistake’: Ursula blasts Seattle’s ‘ineptitude’ after major SPD payroll error

More than 900 SPD employees received excess back pay totaling approximately $13.1 million after the city used incorrect wage rates.

22 minutes ago

National Guard troops stop a young woman on a rental scooter near a closed intersection where Presi...

Associated Press

A National Guard member deployed to Washington, DC, is arrested on firearms charge

WASHINGTON (AP) — A National Guard member deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of a mission launched by President Donald Trump has been arrested for carrying an unauthorized firearm after a traffic stop by U.S. Park Police. Spec. Jakob Noonan, 22, of the Oklahoma Guard, was arrested Monday and charged with the gun-related offense. According […]

24 minutes ago

FILE - Dolly Parton poses at the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Ceremony in New York, on Oct. 13, 2...

Associated Press

Dolly Parton’s nephew wants more time to defend himself against restraining order from her estate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Dolly Parton’s nephew wants more time to get a lawyer in place to defend himself against a temporary restraining order granted to her estate against him and his security company. Representing himself, Bryan Seaver filed a motion Friday in a Tennessee court asking that a hearing on the order now set […]

39 minutes ago

FILE - This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Ae...

Associated Press

Florida’s dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decades

NEW YORK (AP) — Florida’s current dengue outbreak appears to be the largest in several decades in the continental United States. State health officials mosquito-borne disease have been tallied so far this year. The vast majority of them were in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa. Federal health officials say their data on dengue outbreaks is […]

41 minutes ago

Associated Press

Díaz-Canel questions US measures over new restrictions on Cuban private firms

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday accused the United States of hypocrisy for promoting private enterprise on the island while imposing new restrictions against privately-owned Cuban businesses. Díaz-Canel hosted a podcast with Prime Minister Manuel Marrero to discuss the implementation of an economic reform package approved by parliament in June that gives […]

1 hour ago

Why doesn’t America have an Iran policy?