Personally I was kinda hoping Iran would be willing to take the hit in the hopes of a Democrat being elected next year, with that person then re-entering the deal and lifting all related sanctions in order to save the deal.
Obviously they were supposed to kneel to God Emperor Trump and do whatever he says.
Iran made a deal with the United States, not the Democratic Party. It's really not on them to base their own regulatory policy on predicting US politics.
I don't know if they actually mean it, but it seems like they're specifically telling Europe that they can still save the deal?
I'm not sure why Iran would swollow the pride when sanctions are hurting them. Waiting 2+ years for change of administration isn't valid option for most countries.
I'm pretty sure he's basically telling the EU countries to just ignore the US sanctions which you know, not happening even if hell freezes over.
It makes zero sense for Iran to do this in the long run. The only outcome will be the EU eventually re-applying their own sanctions on and an already economically devastated Iran.
Both sides are handling it poorly. The US never should have backed out of the deal, but Iran is continuing to respond in a way that only further hurts themselves. Pushing the EU to eventually slap their own sanctions back on them makes zero sense.
given the US's propensity to elect republicans, the only hope of long term safety against invasion Iran can have is a nuclear deterrent.
lmao imagine trusting the future of your country on the result of the US election
The US isn't going to invade Iran and Iran knows this. They're only worsening the situation for themselves.
Pretty much. I expected Iran to stick to the terms of the deal after the US pulled out as all of the other partners were still on board. But after they were getting sanctioned to hell and back no matter what they did? Fuck that. Might as well go back to business as usual. (That said, the EU is going to sanction them now as well... but Iran probably expected those to happen due to US pressure even if they did nothing.)
Iran knows that about as much as NK knew that they wouldnt get invaded cuz they got Seoul in their sights.
The US is not only sanctioning Iran, but also sanctions EU companies (and thus countries) that still want to work together with Iran or do business there. Most EU companies stopped working with Iran in order to not get sanctioned by the US.
