With Obama's Approval, Russia Ships 130 Tons of URANIUM to Iran as Part of Deal

JNS Staff : Jan 11, 2017
JNS.org-via BIN

Pundits are calling it "Obama's Final Gift," but new leaks on the Iran "deal" stun Americans and the government's spinning of it just goes on and on...

(Russia)—[JNS.org via BIN] The Obama administration and the rest of the signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have approved a shipment of 130 tons of natural uranium from Russia to Iran rewarding the Islamic Republic for shipping 44 tons of heavy water it sent to Russia after exceeding the limit it could legally produce under the deal. (Photo: Billet of highly enriched uranium metal/US Dept. of Energy/via Wikimedia/via BIN)

Experts have told US media outlets the amount of uranium to be shipped is enough to produce 10 nuclear bombs.

The announcement of the new shipment is seen as one more last-minute jab from the Obama White House at incoming President Trump, who probably would have vetoed the shipment, even though, according to US diplomats speaking to the Associated Press and Fox News, the amount of uranium is within what's allowable under the 2015 deal.

Republican lawmakers have almost uniformly opposed that nuclear deal, arguing it awarded Iran too many concessions. The same lawmakers—which included the current Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (NY)—also argued the deal does not provide reliable verifications of Iran's compliance.

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