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U.S. Constitution Title: Iranian FM Zarif to 47 GOP Senators: You’re ignorant of international law How dare they try to get in the way of a perfectly good appeasement agreement? The audacity! “Iranian FM Zarif to U.S. Senators: You Are Ignorant Of International Law,” Tehran Times, March 10, 2015: TEHRAN – The Iranian foreign minister on Monday reacted to an open letter to Iran’s leaders by 47 U.S. Republican senators who had warned Tehran that any nuclear deal that the Islamic Republic signs with President Barack Obama’s administration won’t last after Obama leaves office. Mohammad Javad Zarif said the letter lacks “legal validity” and shows that the signatories of the letter are “ignorant of international law[.]” “In our view this letter has no legal validity and is just a propaganda scheme,” Zarif noted. Zarif said it is surprising that while nuclear talks have not reached a result yet pressure groups in the U.S. have become so “worried” that they have resorted to any “unconventional way” to kill it. The letter proved that “like” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu these senators “are opposed to any deal.” Expressing surprise on how it is possible that the legislators of a country write a letter against their own president and government to the leaders of another country, Zarif said, “The letter by the senators show that not only they are alien to international law but even not familiar with the details of the their own constitution about the authority of the president” in implementing foreign agreements. Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton and signed by the chamber’s entire party leadership as well as potential 2016 presidential contenders Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, the letter is meant not just to discourage Iran from signing a deal but also to pressure the White House into giving Congress some authority over the process. “It has come to our attention while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government that you may not fully understand our constitutional system … Anything not approved by Congress is a mere executive agreement,” the senators wrote. “The next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time." Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest International Law does not supercede the US Constitution.
#2. To: Abcdefg (#1) Zarif must think Obama is an Ayatollah and all of the power rests in him. He wouldn't be far off the mark considering the many illegal acts of this tyrant. ‘the Medieval Christian threat is under control’ #3. To: out damned spot (#0) “In our view this letter has no legal validity and is just a propaganda scheme,” Zarif noted. It has no legal validity since it wasn't even a Senate non-binding resolution (which is the next step higher in confrontation but is still meaningless as policy or law). If it's so meaningless, why does Iran's FM sound so butthurt about it? Obviously, the Iranians are craving this deal with Obama. And the only reason is that Obama is giving them everything they want, all so they won't test a nuke until the day after he leaves his office, hopefully to Hitlery or another Dem.
The letter proved that “like” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu these senators “are opposed to any deal.” Well, duh. While Bibi's numbers make the Israel election unpredictable, the fact that Iran is throwing punches at the GOP and Likud probably helps Bibi and the GOP letter signatories, at least marginally. As for "international law", Iran ignores it whenever it pleases. And it doesn't apply to letters written by private citizens. Even if those letters happen to be from private citizens who are U.S. senators.
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