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Aug 19 12 tweets 13 min read
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1)
#Iran opposition @NCRIUS Rep. Office held a conference on Aug 17 with US/European dignitaries on Iran’s nuclear program 20 years after revelations of the regime’s nuclear sites & the failed Obama/Biden policies.

#Natanz20

First, some history.
2)
Sen. @JoeLieberman
"We ought to talk away from the negotiations in Vienna... We tried engagement. We continue to repeat the same thing with the same awful result."

#IranTalks
#Natanz20
@JoeLieberman 3)
Sen. @JoeLieberman

There was bipartisan pressure from the U.S. on #Iran’s nuclear program until 2015 when the Obama admin threw away all that for nothing, on a belief they could contain the mullahs’ regime.
#Natanz20
@JoeLieberman 4)
@AmbJohnBolton emphasizing the highly flawed #Iran policies of the Biden administration.
#Natanz20
#No2Appeasement
5)
Amb. Bolton signals the Biden administration's neglect regarding the proven fact that #Iran's regime will not comply with any nuclear deal, as they began violating the 2015 nuclear deal from day one.

Read more here - heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/iran-has-bee…

#Natanz20
#No2Appeasement
6)
Amb. Bolton points out how the Obama administration's failed #Iran policies led to many concessions to the mullahs' regime in Tehran.
#Natanz20
#No2Appeasement
7)
@A_Jafarzadeh explains how the U.S. administration can provide political support to the people of #Iran & the Iranian Resistance, emphasizing on the fact that support is not about arms or money or boots on the ground.
#Natanz20
#No2Appeasement
8)
Amb. Robert Joseph highlights the Biden administration's fundamental mistakes on #Iran and how the mullahs in Tehran are taking full advantage of Washington's indecision and weakness.
#Natanz20
#No2Appeasement
9)
Dr. @OlliHeinonen explains how the Europeans place all the burden of foreign policy crises on the Americans and hopefully the Russian invasion of Ukraine has opened their eyes.

#Natanz20
#No2Appeasement
10)
@GenChuckWald: the same Obama officials who negotiated the 2015 deal are now negotiating Biden's deal.

Necessary measures:
-keep IRGC on terror list
-ballistic missile issue must be negotiated
-continue building coalition against Iran
-military option on the table

#Natanz20
@GenChuckWald 11)
Full report:
#Iran opposition NCRI marks 20th anniversary of groundbreaking revelations
#Natanz20
english.mojahedin.org/article/iran-o…
12)
Summary of #Iran opposition @NCRIUS conference on the regime's nuclear program & Obama/Biden failures
#Natanz20
#No2Appeasement

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Aug 18
THREAD

1)
#Iran’s nuclear program 20 years after the @NCRIUS’ revelation of the regime’s then secret Natanz and Arak nuclear sites.
#Natanz20
@NCRIUS 2)
@A_Jafarzadeh:
“The Natanz revelation was groundbreaking and important. It really awakened the world about the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons program.”
#Iran
#Natanz20
3)
@AmbJohnBolton
“… the palpable evidence that was presented made in inescapable that #Iran had an advanced, sophisticated nuclear program that was almost surely pointed at the development of nuclear weapons”
#Natanz20
Read 11 tweets
Aug 17
#Iran opposition NCRI-US Conference examining Tehran’s nuclear agenda

Marking the 20th anniversary of the Natanz revelation

Washington, DC

#Natanz20
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
.@A_Jafarzadeh explains the impact of @NCRIUS' revelations back in August 2002 of #Iran's nuclear sites in Natanz and Arak.
#Natanz20
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
.@AmbJohnBolton describes what the U.S. administration at the time was focusing on and how the @NCRIUS' 2002 revelations changed America's perspective of #Iran's clandestine nuclear program.
#Natanz20
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Read 6 tweets
Aug 16
.@StateDeptSpox claims the Biden admin has enforced sanctions against #Iran.

He is lying.

November 2, 2021
"Iranian Oil Sales to China Skyrocket as Experts Say Biden Admin Turns Blind Eye to Sanctions Enforcement"
freebeacon.com/national-secur…

January 28, 2022
COTTON, COLLEAGUES CALL ON BIDEN TO ENFORCE SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN OIL TANKERS

"Iranian currency reserves soared from just $4 billion at the end of 2020 to $31 billion at the end of 2021."
cotton.senate.gov/news/press-rel…
August 2, 2022

Cash Bonanza: #Iran Has Made $44.7 Billion in Illegal Oil Sales Since Biden Took Office

Tehran slated to sell China $27 billion in oil this year
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
Read 4 tweets
Aug 16
#BREAKING
Footage of massive explosions in Crimea, southern #Ukraine

"An ammunition depot near Dzhankoi was destroyed this morning. Home to a Russian Air base but not clear where the explosion occurred," says @KyleJGlen. "Area said to be Maiske/Azovske, SE of Zhankoi itself."
#UPDATE
"Ukraine appears to be launching additional attacks on Crimea. The U.S. has provided them with long-range strike capabilities that make this possible," says @ClintEhrlich.

#Crimea #Ukraine #Russia Image
According to Crimea Inform, a fire broke out at a transformer substation in the town of Dzhankoy, and some ammunition detonated at a depot in the village of Maiske

Via @KyivIndependent Image
Read 8 tweets
Aug 16
Aug 16—Shahrekord, south-central #Iran
Locals are protesting severe water shortages that have made life intolerable during the past nine days, especially considering the harsh summer heat.
#IranProtests
Aug 16—Shahrekord, south-central #Iran
Locals protesting the presence of security forces that are attempting to quell their rally. People are protesting severe water shortages.
#IranProtests
Aug 16—Shahrekord, south-central #Iran
More footage of locals protesting severe water shortages and emphasizing that their rights will only be acknowledged if they continue their protests in the streets.
#IranProtests
Read 5 tweets
Aug 14
THREAD

1)
20 years ago today, the Iranian opposition NCRI unveiled for the first time two sites of #Iran's secret nuclear weapons program in Natanz & Arak.

Thanks to the West's appeasement, the ayatollahs are very close to the bomb.

#No2Appeasement

c-span.org/video/?172005-…
2)
#Iran IRGC’s Telegram channel posted a video saying regime is now able to quickly build nuclear weapons and its ICBMs can "turn New York into ruins and hell!"

Yet Biden and Europe are still begging for a highly flawed deal with Tehran.

#No2Appeasement
3)
July 17, 2022

Kamal Kharrazi, foreign policy advisor to #Iran's dictator Ali Khamenei:

Iran has become a nuclear threshold country. We have the technical capability to produce a nuclear bomb.
Read 13 tweets

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