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WSJ:
"Tensions between the U.S. and Iran, rather than easing as a result
of July's nuclear accord, are increasing over a wide spectrum of issues
tied to the broader Middle East security landscape and to domestic
Iranian politics, current and former U.S. officials say... The Obama
administration's ability to implement the nuclear accord amid such tumult
could be compromised, said former U.S. officials involved in the Iran
diplomacy. 'There's a risk that nonnuclear issues could sink the overall
deal,' said Richard Nephew, who was a top negotiator with Iran up until
late 2014. 'The optics are terrible'... President Barack Obama and
Secretary of State John Kerry repeatedly said through nearly three years
of negotiations with Iran that capping its nuclear program was a major
success in itself. But in the wake of the agreement, both officials also
have raised hopes of cooperating with Iran to stabilize regional hot
spots, including Syria and Yemen... Now, however, many U.S. and Arab
officials believe Iran and Russia were plotting a joint defense of Mr.
Assad even before the nuclear deal was concluded in Austria... Mr.
Obama's critics in Washington are accusing the White House of having been
duped by Moscow and Tehran in the late stages of the talks... 'Both in
its nuclear negotiations and its consideration of Americans detained in
Iran, the administration has shown a dangerous naiveté regarding who it
is dealing with' in Tehran, Rep. Ed Royce (R., Calif.), chairman of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee said Monday." http://t.uani.com/1Ovb57a
Reuters:
"The Obama administration has privately reminded foreign governments
and U.S. bankers that sanctions against Iran remain in effect, cautioning
against a rush by Western companies to invest in Iran's oil industry and
other businesses until the country fully complies with the July nuclear
agreement... [A State Department cable] stressed that sanctions on Iran
would not be lifted until the International Atomic Energy Agency verifies
that Tehran has complied with the terms of the deal... Business
delegations led by senior government officials from major economies,
including Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Japan and India, have traveled
over the past three months to Tehran to discuss future trade
opportunities. Most significantly, a number of the world's top oil
companies including Royal Dutch Shell, France's Total, and Italy's Eni
have held high-level talks with Iranian energy officials to discuss the
development of Iran's vast oil and gas reserves... There has been 'a real
gap' in the understanding by oil and commodities traders about the
complexities of the deal and getting information out there is important,
said the Obama administration source." http://t.uani.com/1Zzjr1x
WashPost:
"Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent in Tehran
imprisoned for more than 14 months, has been convicted in an espionage
trial that ended two months ago, Iranian State television has reported...
But many details remained unknown. Rezaian faced four charges - the most
serious of which was espionage - and it was not immediately clear whether
he was convicted of all charges. Rezaian and The Post have strongly
denied the accusations, and his case has drawn wide-ranging denunciations
including statements from the White House and media freedom groups. It
also was not known what sentence has been imposed. The judge who heard
the case is known for handing down harsh sentences, and Rezaian
potentially faces a sentence of 10 to 20 years... Martin Baron, executive
editor of The Post, called the guilty verdict 'an outrageous injustice'
and 'contemptible'... With hard-liners under Khamenei, the country's
ultimate religious and political authority, firmly in control of key
levers of power, the case served to underscore the relative impotence of
the Rouhani government in judicial and national security matters." http://t.uani.com/1GbrWJi
Nuclear Program
& Agreement
NYT:
"Iran tested a new guided long-range ballistic missile on Sunday...
The missile launch may have violated the terms of the agreement, reached
in Vienna with six world powers. According to some readings of the deal,
it placed restrictions on Iran's ambitious missile program... The missile
- named Emad, or pillar - is a step up from Iran's Shahab-3 missiles
because it can be guided toward its target, the Iranian defense minister,
Hossein Dehghan, told the semiofficial Fars news agency. In recent
decades, with Iran's air force plagued by economic sanctions and other
restrictions, the country has invested heavily in its nuclear program and
has produced missiles that can reach as far as Europe." http://t.uani.com/1LsoESt
The Hill:
"The Obama administration believes that Iran likely violated a
United Nations resolution by test-launching a new long-range
surface-to-surface ballistic missile over the weekend. The administration
has yet to formally refer the matter to the United Nations, but initial
analyses suggest that the Sunday launch likely violated a Security
Council resolution seeking to undercut Iran's nuclear and ballistic
missile powers, a senior administration official said... However, the
launch would not be in violation of the landmark international agreement
struck between the U.S., Iran and other world powers to limit Tehran's
nuclear ambitions, officials insisted." http://t.uani.com/1k20UdD
WSJ:
"Iran's parliament on Tuesday approved the historic nuclear deal
agreed with six world powers, paving the way for the implementation of
the accord and the easing of international economic sanctions... The bill
now goes before the Guardian Council for review. The 12-member clerical
body, which is charged with interpreting the country's constitution,
could approve or reject it. It also could revise it and send it back to
the parliament for reconsideration. The final say on all matters of state,
including the nuclear deal, rests with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei." http://t.uani.com/1WZXWVf
Military Matters
Free Beacon:
"Iran has been stepping up the amount of military hardware it
purchases from Russia and China in the weeks since the nuclear accord
with world powers, according to a new report that has tracked the Islamic
Republic's procurement of advanced weapons and technology. As it gears up
to receive more than $100 billion in sanctions relief under the deal,
Iran has already begun to ink lucrative arms contracts with the Russian
and Chinese governments, according to a new report by the American
Foreign Policy Council (AFPC). Iran's defense budget, some $14 billion
annually, is set to grow by at least a third as a result of the sanctions
relief, which experts worry could also be used to fund the fledgling
nuclear programs of other nations. While the Obama administration has
touted the deal's ability to rein in Tehran's rogue nuclear work, experts
tapped by AFPC continue to express concern that Iran will use its
newfound international legitimacy to hide a clandestine nuclear weapons
program in a proxy country, such as North Korea." http://t.uani.com/1Ozlk8Z
Sanctions Relief
Fox News:
"Some senior U.S. officials involved in the implementation of the
Iran nuclear deal have privately concluded that a key sanctions relief
provision - a concession to Iran that will open the doors to tens of
billions of dollars in U.S.-backed commerce with the Islamic regime -
conflicts with existing federal statutes and cannot be implemented
without violating those laws... At issue is a passage tucked away in
ancillary paperwork attached to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,
or JCPOA, as the Iran nuclear deal is formally known. Specifically, Section
5.1.2 of Annex II provides that in exchange for Iranian compliance with
the terms of the deal... foreign subsidiaries of U.S. parent companies
will, under certain conditions, be allowed to do business with Iran. The
problem is that the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act
(ITRA), signed into law by President Obama in August 2012, was explicit
in closing the so-called 'foreign sub' loophole... What's more, ITRA
contains language, in Section 605, requiring that the terms spelled out
in Section 218 shall remain in effect until the president of the United
States certifies two things to Congress: first, that Iran has been
removed from the State Department's list of nations that sponsor
terrorism, and second, that Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, and
development of weapons of mass destruction." http://t.uani.com/1L9pphP
Reuters:
"Iran has boosted exports of fuel oil through U.S.-ally the United
Arab Emirates and also almost doubled its imports of gasoline, despite
Western sanctions, trading sources said... behind the scenes Iran and its
eager potential trading partners are quietly getting ready for life after
sanctions, following the landmark July agreement with the West over
Tehran's nuclear policy. The resumption of some direct shipments of
refined oil products from Iran's Bandar Mahshahr to the UAE's Fujairah
port contrasts with the more intricate and furtive means Tehran had
employed using ship-to-ship transfers and trading firms in the UAE acting
as middlemen for buyers to sidestep sanctions. The trading sources said
Iranian fuel oil shipments are still being presented with documents
declaring it of Iraqi origin at the ship refuelling hub of Fujairah. Fuel
oil is used to power ships and also for electricity generation.
State-owned National Iranian Oil Co.(NIOC) has now started to offer much
more fuel and at much more attractive discounts, the trading sources
said. It is also using its own ships to sail directly to Fujairah, saving
buyers costly freight charges, as it becomes more proactive in
anticipation of lifting sanctions next year, the sources said... Traders
have also started to ship more gasoline to Iran with volumes at around
10-12 cargoes a month, or 300,000 to 360,000 tonnes, in September and
October, up from 6-8 cargoes before, the first source said." http://t.uani.com/1Pr6SAQ
AFP:
"Iran on Saturday announced dates for a three-day oil and gas
conference in London in February designed to attract foreign investors
awaiting new contract terms to be unveiled next month. Oil majors have
expressed interest in returning to Iran as soon as international
sanctions linked to its nuclear programme are lifted, but they are
currently still barred from signing any deals. A nuclear agreement
between Iran and world powers, struck in July, is due to be implemented
in December or January and a top official said the timing had influenced
the London event... Iran has said it will publish the terms of
post-sanctions oil contracts at a November 21-22 conference in Tehran,
where 50 new oil exploration and production projects will also be
announced." http://t.uani.com/1QojLdg
Reuters:
"Indian refiners have paid a second installment of $700 million to
Iran to partly settle pending oil dues, two industry sources said, after
a July deal that set out a roadmap for the lifting of sanctions over
Tehran's nuclear activities. India last month cleared a similar amount to
Iran, the first release of such funds since Iran in August asked India to
release $1.4 billion in oil dues in two equal installments... Refiners
have been holding the remainder after a route to pay for oil through
Turkey's Halkbank was stopped in 2013 under pressure from sanctions,
although payment of some of those funds was allowed after an initial
temporary deal. Tehran is India's seventh-biggest supplier of oil, down
from the No. 2 spot before sanctions." http://t.uani.com/1VQzbbL
Bloomberg:
"Iran will need to import about 20 percent more gasoline to meet
pent-up demand in the first year after economic sanctions are lifted,
creating a market for some $1 billion in fuel sales from abroad,
according to traders and analysts. The nation with the world's
fifth-largest crude reserves may need to buy about 50,000 barrels a day
of gasoline if sanctions are removed in early 2016 as expected, say analysts
at consultants Facts Global Energy, IHS Inc. and Energy Aspects Ltd. With
its refineries running at full capacity and unable to raise output for at
least another year, Iran now imports 41,000 barrels a day, or about 9
percent of the gasoline it uses... The country is building a 360,000
barrel-a-day refinery called Persian Gulf Star that state-run National
Iranian Oil says will make Iran a net exporter of gasoline. The plant at
the port of Bandar Abbas was to start operating this year. The official Islamic
Republic News Agency reported on Sept. 7 that the facility is scheduled
now to begin in 2016. Moradi of FGE forecasts the refinery's first phase
will start as late as the end of next year, with its remaining two phases
pushed off until the end of 2017. Persian Gulf Star, whenever it becomes
operational, 'will change the gasoline balance in Iran,' Moradi
said." http://t.uani.com/1ZzkMW3
Japan Times:
"Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and his Iranian counterpart,
Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Monday struck an agreement on a bilateral
investment pact. The two foreign ministers said in a joint news statement
that they agreed to set up a council for Japan-Iran cooperation to
discuss a variety of issues ranging from economic cooperation to the
environment and medical care. For Tokyo, the investment pact is aimed at
encouraging Japanese firms to tap into the commercial potential of the
Iranian market, Japanese officials said... As foreign competition for
market access in Iran, with a population of more than 78 million, is
expected to intensify, Japan hopes to help Iran's infrastructure
development, which has been affected due to the international sanctions.
Resource-poor Japan also seeks to secure stable supplies of crude oil and
natural gas from Iran. Iran, for its part, is keen to launch the joint
committee to expand investment from Japanese companies and rebuild its
economy, according to the sources." http://t.uani.com/1NaMQrX
PressTV (Iran):
"Iran said on Monday that it welcomes the return of Japan's Mitsubishi
and Mitsui to its petrochemical projects... The heads of Mitsubishi and
Mitsui for their part said they are ready to resume investments in Iran
once the sanctions against the country are lifted. The petrochemical
industry is the biggest source of foreign earnings for Iran after oil but
US sanctions have caused exports to decline. Officials have said about
$70 billion of investment is needed in the sector over the next 10
years... A top-level trade and diplomatic delegation from Japan is in
Iran on a five-day visit in search for avenues to boost mutual
cooperation in various enterprises. The delegation, which is led by
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, arrived in Tehran on Sunday." http://t.uani.com/1LLGRN1
Trend:
"Two British companies and a Sweden company have held talks with the
National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) to offer insurance service after
lifting of sanctions. Nasrollah Sardashti, a senior official at NITC,
said the companies are among the most accredited members of the P&I
club... He added that representatives from renowned companies from
Britain, Sweden, Italy, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and India have
traveled to Iran and held talks with NITC officials. The companies are
active in leasing ships, offering insurance services, and supplying fuel,
he noted." http://t.uani.com/1GbsK0W
Tehran Times:
"A delegation of 40 top Armenian companies are scheduled to visit
Iran on November 9 to explore new business opportunities in the country,
the Armenian Ambassador to Tehran Artashes Tumanyan stated... He said
these companies can cooperate with Iran in the fields of banking and
finance, electronics and information technology, in addition to
agriculture sector, manufacturing of machinery and making of gold ware
and jewelry... He said Iran's nuclear deal with the world's major powers
prepares the ground for the expansion of trade ties between Iran and
Armenia." http://t.uani.com/1jvw8t0
Radio Poland:
"[Polish] Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz is the highest-ranking
Polish official yet to hold talks with the Iranian head of state Hassan
Rouhani... The visit aligns with Poland's efforts to unblock bilateral
contacts and boost trade, after Tehran's decades of isolation from the
international community. The steady inflow of Polish government
representatives and business leaders into the country comes in the wake
of a landmark deal signed earlier this year between Iran and six world
powers, limiting Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting
economic sanctions. Poland looks to tapping into the newly opened market
and tightening business ties under its programme, Go Iran." http://t.uani.com/1GbsOxL
U.S.-Iran
Relations
NYT:
"Iran appeared to be moving on Monday to position Mr. Rezaian's case
as part of a broader effort to get the release of Iranians detained in
the United States. On Monday, a state television news channel accused Mr.
Rezaian, a dual American-Iranian citizen, of providing information to the
United States about individuals and companies who were helping Iran
circumvent international economic sanctions... Iranian leaders, including
President Hassan Rouhani, have raised the idea of a prisoner swap,
suggesting that Mr. Rezaian, 39, could be exchanged for people who Tehran
says are being held by or on the orders of the United States for violating
sanctions." http://t.uani.com/1hCwDQX
Fars News (Iran):
"Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy
General Alireza Tangsiri warned the enemies against any aggressive move,
and said the IRGC forces will chase the US troops even to the Gulf of
Mexico if they ever make a mistake and take a hostile move against
Iran.... He downplayed enemies' war rhetoric against Iran, and said,
'They have tested us once and if necessary, there are people who will
blow up themselves with ammunitions to destroy the US warships'... In
relevant remarks earlier this month, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace
Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said all US military bases in
the Middle-East are within the range of the IRGC's missiles, but the
country still sees no restriction for boosting its missile
capabilities." http://t.uani.com/1k22vjK
Congressional
Action
The Hill:
"Bipartisan legislation in the House would create a new commission
to oversee the implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran made up of
both members of Congress and administration officials. The bill, which is
being backed by both supporters and opponents of the Iran deal, would
mimic the Helsinki Commission, lawmakers said, which was created in 1976
to oversee relations with Europe and still exists today. Most supporters
of the bill are Democrats, though one Republican - Rep. Richard Hanna
(N.Y.) - has also signed on." http://t.uani.com/1GFVgCE
Syria Conflict
WSJ:
"A top Iranian military commander who played a crucial role in Tehran's
efforts to defend the Syrian regime was killed in the outskirts of the
northern Syrian city of Aleppo, Iran said Friday.... Gen. Hamedani was
regarded in Iran as an authority on asymmetrical warfare... A longtime
commander in the elite military unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps, he is believed to have directly overseen the organization of
pro-regime forces into groups such as the Popular Committees, which were
later folded into the so-called National Defense Force. These local
militiamen are now estimated to number anywhere between 150,000 and
190,000 people, more than what is left of Syria's conventional army. They
are mainly members of President Bashar al-Assad's Shiite Muslim-linked
Alawite sect, while some belong to Syria's own small Shiite community...
Iranian state media, quoting a statement by the IRGC, said Gen. Hamedani
died at the hands of 'Daesh [ISIS] terrorists' on Thursday while
conducting advisory duties." http://t.uani.com/1QojlU3
Reuters:
"Lebanon's Hezbollah on Monday buried a commander described as the
group's most important military figure to be killed in the four-year-long
Syrian war. Hassan al-Haj was killed in Idlib province in northwestern
Syria, where the Iranian-backed group is fighting Syrian rebels in an offensive
in support of President Bashar al-Assad and backed by Russian air
strikes." http://t.uani.com/1Pr80nX
Reuters:
"Syrian army and allied forces supported by Russian warplanes made
further advances as they pressed an offensive against insurgents on Monday,
in the fiercest clashes for nearly a week... Pro-government forces
including the Lebanese group Hezbollah on Monday captured the southern
part of Kafr Nabuda... Kafr Nabuda's capture would bring government
forces closer to insurgent-held positions along the main highway that
links Syria's main cities." http://t.uani.com/1GFViuq
WSJ:
"Moscow's intervention in Syria's multisided civil war has spurred
some of the country's fractious rebels to fight together, offering
another shot at a more unified front against the Assad regime and its
Russian and Iranian allies... Opposition factions including U.S.-backed
rebels and Nusra Front, al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, have come together
to counter a regime offensive across several fronts in the northwest, while
others continue to fight Islamic State militants... Rebel coalitions have
formed and disbanded regularly over the 4½-year war, and their
ideological and strategic differences remain profound. Rivalries among
rebel leaders have also endured, and scores are sometimes settled
violently among the rank-and-file... The mergers carry risks, especially
for more mainstream rebels. Such coalitions could play into Mr. Assad's
broader game plan of eliminating what's left of the relatively moderate
opposition, leaving behind only hard-line groups the West isn't willing
to ally with." http://t.uani.com/1LiUrBV
NYT:
"The Islamic State registered significant gains on Friday in the
area of northwestern Syria that Russian warplanes have been bombing,
taking six villages near Aleppo and threatening to cut off an important
route north to the Turkish border. Late in the day, there were reports
that rebels had reasserted control in one village... The Islamic State
advance is threatening a strategic area north of Aleppo on the way to
crossing points into Turkey that was to be part of a proposed ISIS-free
buffer zone under a plan the United States announced over the summer with
Turkey. That plan now seems to have stalled... If the drive by the
Islamic State succeeds, said Sajid, an antigovernment activist in the
area of the fighting, 'the revolution will be extinguished in northern
Aleppo Province.' Sajid... said that the day before, American warplanes
had flown 'over our areas without bombing.' 'This is ridiculous!' he
said. 'Four coalition planes, flying but doing nothing, and Daesh was
advancing. They are making fun of us.'" http://t.uani.com/1L9qmqr
WSJ:
"The U.S. airdropped small-arms ammunition to Syrian Arab groups in
northern Syria along the Turkish border on Sunday... U.S. cargo aircraft
delivered small-arms ammunition to resupply ground forces fighting
Islamic State militants. The recipients' leaders 'were appropriately
vetted by the United States' said Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman in
Baghdad for the U.S. military campaign against Islamic State." http://t.uani.com/1QolEGU
Yemen Crisis
Gulf News:
"The recent recapture of the strategic Bab Al Mandab strait by the
Saudi-coalition backed Yemeni government forces has blocked Iran's arms
supply route to its militias in Yemen, and was the reason behind Al
Houthi militants agreeing to a ceasefire, military experts have said. On
the ground, fighting against the Iran-backed Al Houthis was expected to
intensify in the coming days with Yemeni forces heading to Sana'a... Bab Al
Mandab is one of the strategic waterways in the world, and is considered
the southern gateway to the Red Sea, which links the Mediterranean Sea to
the Indian Ocean. It is estimated that nearly 7 per cent of oil shipments
from the Gulf region pass through the strait heading towards the northern
Mediterranean through the Suez Canal." http://t.uani.com/1K6Ky8C
Opinion &
Analysis
WashPost Editorial
Board: "From its beginning, the case of Jason
Rezaian has been a showcase for the opacity, the brazen disregard for the
rule of law and, ultimately, the sheer cruelty of Iran's Islamic regime.
Its latest twist is no different... This travesty ought to shame the
Iranian government into releasing the journalist - if only to forestall
questions from would-be international investors in Iran, who have to
wonder whether their personnel will be vulnerable to similarly arbitrary
arrests and secret trials. Instead, President Hassan Rouhani appears to
hope that Mr. Rezaian can be used as a bargaining chip to obtain the release
of 19 Iranians he says were imprisoned in the United States for violating
sanctions... That [Rezaian] has been unjustly imprisoned for longer than
the American hostages were held in Tehran in 1979-81 makes a mockery of
Mr. Zarif's claims that Iran wishes to improve its relations with the
outside world. It reveals Iran as a country where the most basic norms of
justice are still grotesquely flouted and where taking prisoners to use
as pawns is still regarded as an acceptable form of diplomacy. Iran has
done extraordinary injury to Mr. Rezaian over the past 14 months. But the
longer it holds him, the more damage it does to its international
standing." http://t.uani.com/1QolQWC
Dennis Ross in
WashPost: "It is nothing new for Obama to challenge
those who think the Iranians or Russians are gaining in Syria as they act
and we do the minimum... In his news conference last week, he said, 'An
attempt by Russia and Iran to prop up [Syrian President Bashar al-] Assad
and try to pacify the population is just going to get them stuck in a
quagmire, and it won't work.' Perhaps, but the Russians and the Iranians
appear to have something quite different in mind: They are not trying to
pacify the population. They want to ensure that dictator Assad maintains
at least a mini-state that controls Damascus and remains connected to
Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea and that, if at some point there is a
political process to bring the conflict to an end, the facts on the
ground will both preserve their interests and ensure that they will be
arbiters of any outcome. Russian President Vladimir Putin knows how to
fill a vacuum. The Iranians are masters at using proxies to preserve
their hold in Syria and the conduit to Lebanon - even as they weaken
central authority in Iraq...Neither the Russians nor the Iranians think
they are losing in the region, and neither do the Israelis, Egyptians,
Saudis, Turks, Qataris or Emiratis... Is it possible that they are all
wrong and Obama is right? Maybe, but if our response to what the Russians
and Iranians are doing in Syria is limited to increasing our attacks on
the Islamic State, which appears to be where we are headed, we will be
playing the Russians' and Iranians' game. They will continue attacking
the non-Islamic State opposition while we target the terrorist group, and
we will, unfortunately, appear to be in league with them against the
Sunnis. Any hope of having the Sunnis discredit the Islamic State will be
lost under these circumstances... So here is one idea that is premised on
sharing the burden - something important to Obama - but also guided by
the logic of leverage, which is the logic that guides Putin. Quietly go
to the Turks, Saudis, Qataris and Europeans and say that it is time to
create a genuine safe haven along the ¬Turkish-Syrian border. The Turks
and the Gulf states have clamored for this, and the Europeans need it to
stanch the flow of refugees. Explain that we will do our part to enforce
the 'no-fly' designation, but only if Europe participates with its air
forces, Turkey agrees to police the area on the ground to prevent any
Islamic State infiltration, and Saudi Arabia and Qatar agree both to
finance the infrastructure for the refugees and accept that all material
assistance for training opposition forces in the zone will go through us.
Provided they all agree and we are able to work out the terms, we would
proceed and the president could tell Putin privately in the kind of
language he comprehends: Don't test the safe haven." http://t.uani.com/1OzlJs4
Daniel Katz in WSJ:
"While all eyes are on Vladimir Putin's machinations in Syria,
deploying Russian fighters and troops, a potentially more dangerous
Moscow effort in Iran is picking up steam. Media outlets are reporting
that Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile systems may be delivered before
the end of the year... Each system fielded creates a formidable shield
against air attacks over a large area... What does this mean if Iran
violates its nuclear agreement and the U.S. or its allies are forced to
strike its nuclear facilities? America has ways to defeat the system...
Still, the S-300 will be by far the most capable air-defense system
fielded by Tehran and its deployment will increase the chances the U.S.
will lose aircraft and pilots in any conflict. What does the delivery
mean for Israel, which has long considered an attack on Tehran's
enrichment sites? The arrival of the S-300 complicates what is already a
difficult operation... The development is most threatening for America's
allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
and the United Arab Emirates. Tehran seeks to dominate the six Arab
states along the Persian Gulf's western coast... Two of the problems with
the Iran nuclear deal is it allows research into advanced centrifuges
while permitting the import of conventional weapons after five years-and
that assumes Iran abides by the terms. If, in five to 10 years, Tehran
decides this deal has outlived its usefulness, it can manufacture a
disagreement and withdraw, and it will then possess better centrifuge
designs and an array of advanced weapons with which to defend them,
including the S-300." http://t.uani.com/1LIVUk5
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