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May 22nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The investigation has been stalled for more than four years, with Iran saying
it has never carried out such experiments. Iran denies that it is interested
in nuclear weapons, saying it wants nuclear power only to generate energy.
The day before Iran participates in a summit in Baghdad with international
negotiators led by Baroness Ashton, the EU’s foreign affairs chief,
expectations have risen that Tehran is prepared to offer substantial
concessions in return for a reversal of punishing international sanctions.
Meanwhile the US Senate backed measures imposing new sanctions targeting
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. The bill would require companies that
trade on the US stock exchange to disclose any Iran-related business to the
Securities and Exchange Commission and would expand penalties for energy and
uranium mining joint ventures with Tehran.
The bill also would deny visas and freeze assets on individuals and companies
that supply Iran with technology that could be used to crack down on its
citizens, such as tear gas, rubber bullets and surveillance equipment.
The House of Representatives passed its version of sanctions legislation in
December.
Both the Obama administration and the international community have imposed
tough sanctions on Iran over its nuclear development program, which Iran
maintains is for peaceful purposes only.
“Any comprehensive policy that seeks to end Iran’s effort to acquire a
nuclear weapon needs to convince the rulers in Tehran that their survival is
in question,” Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in
a statement. “While sanctions are one part of convincing the Supreme
Leader that the costs of pursuing this weapon outweigh any perceived
benefit, Senate Republicans insisted that the Senate pass nothing less than
the president’s commitment that all options are on the table, in order to
prevent any contrary perception that silence on the use of force would have
created.”
Last Thursday, Senate Republicans blocked consideration of the bill, insisting
that it include language stating that the use of military force is an
option, as Obama has said. Negotiations through the weekend produced a bill
that was acceptable to Democrats and Republicans.
Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, a leading proponent of tough penalties on Iran,
said the legislation sends a clear message to Tehran in advance of the
talks: “Provide a real and verifiable plan for the complete dismantling
of your nuclear weapons program, or Washington will further tighten the
economic noose.”
Said Republican Sen. Mark Kirk, “Today the US Senate put Iranian leaders
on notice that they must halt all uranium enrichment activities or face
another round of economic sanctions from the United States.”
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