News You Will Not Read About on National Press

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News You Will Not Read About on National Press

Iran’s president goes on TV to tell his nation Iran got everything it wanted from nuclear deal and much more. by joelcrosenberg

Item 1:  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is publicly boasting how Iran got everything it wanted from the deal and much, much more.

Here are excerpts of a televised speech he delivered to the nation on July 14th:

·         "Our objective was to have the nuclear program and have sanctions lifted.

·         "At first they wanted us to have 100 centrifuges; now we will have 6,000.

·         "They wanted restrictions of 25 years; now it's 8.

·         "First they said we could only have IR1 centrifuges, now we can have IR6, 7 and 8, advanced centrifuges.

·         "[At first they said our] heavy water plant at Arak had to be dismantled; but now it will remain with heavy water under conditions.

·         "[At first they said the nuclear facility at] Fordo had to be closed; now we will have 1,000 centrifuges there....

·         "In future days when UNSC comes with new resolution, all 6 of their previous resolutions will be lifted....

·         "Honorable Iranian nationals, all sanctions, including on missiles, will be lifted on days of implementation. Not suspended, lifted!

·         "Today is the end of oppressive sanctions. The chain of sanctions is broken....

·         "Today people in Lebanon and Palestine are happy because Zionists have tried to block this deal but failed....

·         "Oh great nation of Iran this is the beginning of a new movement,

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·         I tell you! "These remarks were reported via Twitter by Thomas Erdbrink, the New York Times' correspondent in Tehran.

Item 2:  Sunni Arab leaders aghast at Iran deal, Saudis publicly blast it as “worse than the U.S. deal with North Korea” and warn deal will wreak havoc in the Middle East.  So says Joel Rosenberg. 

Egyptian, Jordanian, and Gulf leaders are privately stunned and angered by the recent moves of the Obama administration, especially with regards to Iran, yet they have also been cautious in their public comments.  The Saudis have been more verbal and have been quietly working with the Sunni leadership of Pakistan to potentially buy nuclear warheads from the Pakistanies if the world community didn’t find a way to cut off Iran’s pathway to the Bomb.  

I draw your attention to Zechariah’s words “Now this will be the plague with which he Lord will strike all he peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth”.  (Zech. 14:12).  My aunt, a nurse in the South Pacific when the WWII ended, was dispatched with her medical team to care for the survivers of the atom bomb devastation said this is a perfect description of what she found.  The skin had literally melted off the bones of the people.  

And now for the good news. ”The Lord said “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.  I will indicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst.  Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, “when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight” (Ezek. 22b – 23.

And now for the promise of the day “I, the Lord have spoken and I will do it” (v. 36).

Blessings,

Gramps