By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
November 24 --
Hours after
the Iran deal
was announced
in Geneva,
US Secretary
of State John
Kerry still told
CBS that
though Iran's
Foreign
Minister Zarif
"said that
they have a
right to
enrich," that
is "not
accurate." Transcript
here.
Earlier in the
night, or
morning, Zarif
had said Iran
would continue
to enrich and
any claim to
the contrary
was "ballyhoo"
-- notably, an
Irish word.
Now, the "Joint
Plan of
Action" as
uploaded by
Iran's FARS
says "Iran
announces that
it will not
enrich
uranium" over
a certain
percentage
"for the
duration of
the 6 months."
It
also provides
in a footnote
that
"Consistent
with its
plans, Iran's
centrifuge
production
during the 6
months will be
dedicated to
replace
damaged
machines."
On a
thrice-delayed
White House
background
call, two
self-described
senior
administration
official
emphasized how
little had
been given to
Iran:
$6 to $7
billion,
versus much
larger harms
still caused.
ABC
television
not even
cutting to
Geneva but
staying on
college
football's
Baylor -
Oklahoma State
game, tweeted
by Inner City
Press,
was picked
up by AP in
Geneva.
Shortly after
the deal was
announced, AP
as well as AI
Monitor came
out with
stories about
William Burns
long behind
the scenes
work on the
deal. Some
questioned the
timing. Other
asked, having
"flooded the
zone" in Geneva
only to tweet
photos of
chicken
dinners, where
is Reuters
on this story?
Do Americans
care so much
about the
value of harm
which
continues to
impose on
Iran? We'll
see.
text
journalists
were excluded,
even from
major
corporate
media, an
arbitrary
Banning that
the Free UN
Coalition for
Access
protests.
Iran's
Press TV was
all over it,
broadcasting
live well
before others
jumped in.
After Ashton's
statement,
French foreign
minister, who
as Inner City
Press reported
previously
blew up the
talks (amid
France's pitch
of military
wares to Saudi
Arabia) spoke
briefly with
French media,
with former UN
Deputy
Permanent
Representative
Martin Briens
behind him.
A
White House
background
press call
that was to
start at 10:30
pm was
superseded by
Obama going
live. He went
only six
minutes and
took no
questions,
throwing
things back to
Foreign
Minister Zarif
in Geneva.
There,
Margaret
Warner of PBS
told him that
the White
House summary
of the deal
didn't mention
enrichment of
uranium.
Zarif
smiled and
said, We only
require
respect for
that right.
And still the
White House
"background"
call hadn't
started. But
already the
push back
began,
including in
Congress. And
if they could
override a
veto and
impose new
sanctions?
Watch this
site.
Footnote:
in
the run up
there was
waste and
falsehood,
such as a Reuters
scribe who has
spied for the
UN (click here
for documents
on that)
getting
"funky" with
selfie photos
of chicken
dinners. To
this has the
MSM descended.
Watch this
site.
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