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Events
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Document Information
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Government document / article extract (house oversight committee record)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a geopolitical analysis or Op-Ed piece included in House Oversight Committee records (Bates #027103). The text analyzes the failure of diplomatic negotiations regarding Iran's nuclear program between 2011 and 2012. It argues that Ayatollah Khamenei rejects deals because the regime fundamentally desires a nuclear bomb for survival, citing the fall of Moammar Gadhafi as a deterrent against disarmament. The document details specific increases in enriched uranium production at the Natanz facility during the Obama administration. Note: While the user prompt references Jeffrey Epstein, this specific page contains no text related to Epstein, Maxwell, or their associates; it is strictly focused on US-Iran relations.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ali Khamenei | Supreme Leader of Iran |
Referred to as 'Mr. Khamenei' and 'The Ayatollah'. The text discusses his refusal to negotiate with the US and his de...
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| Moammar Gadhafi | Former Leader of Libya |
Cited as a cautionary tale for the Iranian regime; the text suggests Iran believes he would still be in power if he h...
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| Barack Obama | U.S. President |
Referred to as 'Mr. Obama'. The text compares uranium enrichment levels from when he took office to the current date ...
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| United Nations (U.N.) |
Inspectors reported on Iran's uranium production.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document (implied by Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027103).
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| White House |
Mentioned in the context of US leadership.
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Timeline (3 events)
2009 (implied)
Fraudulent elections and bloody crackdown in Iran.
Iran
Iranian Regime
Protesters
November (Year prior to doc)
U.N. inspectors report on Iran's uranium production levels (7,611 kilos).
Iran
U.N. Inspectors
Locations (4)
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Primary subject of the geopolitical analysis.
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Natanz facility
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Nuclear site in Iran where 3,000 advanced centrifuges were to be installed.
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Metonym for the U.S. Government.
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Metonym for the Iranian Government.
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Relationships (2)
Khamenei quote about Americans hiding a dagger; fear of 'velvet revolution'.
Regime believes Gadhafi fell because he gave up nukes.
Key Quotes (3)
"Whenever they [Americans] smile at the officials of the Islamic revolution, when we carefully look at the situation, we notice that they are hiding a dagger behind their back."Source
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"Confrontation with America is in this regime's DNA."Source
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"A more persuasive explanation—get ready for this shocker—is that Iran really wants a bomb."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (2,098 characters)
their enriched uranium outside Iran. Western analysts were confident that Mr. Khamenei would give his blessing, given the international pressure he was said to be under following the fraudulent elections and the bloody crackdown that followed.
The Ayatollah quashed that deal too: "Whenever they [Americans] smile at the officials of the Islamic revolution, when we carefully look at the situation, we notice that they are hiding a dagger behind their back."
It was the same in January 2011, when diplomacy also collapsed. Ditto in 2012, when negotiations in February, May and June each ended in failure. Washington went into those talks thinking they were going to succeed on the theory that Tehran desperately wants relief from the supposedly crippling pressure of economic sanctions.
Why does the Ayatollah keep saying no? The conventional wisdom is that previous U.S. offers weren't generous enough, or that the wrong President was in the White House, or that Iran wants only to deal directly with the U.S. and not in multilateral forums. Each of these theories has been tested and shown to be false.
A more persuasive explanation—get ready for this shocker—is that Iran really wants a bomb. The regime believes, not unreasonably, that Moammar Gadhafi would still be in power had he not given up his nuclear program in 2003. Mr. Khamenei also fears a "velvet revolution" scenario, in which more normal ties with the West threaten the ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic. Confrontation with America is in this regime's DNA.
Meantime, the pretense of negotiations has allowed Tehran to play for time to advance its programs. When Mr. Obama took office, Iran had enriched 1,000 kilos of reactor-grade uranium. In its last report from November, U.N. inspectors found that Iran has produced 7,611 kilos to reactor grade, along with 232 kilos of uranium enriched to 20%, which is close to bomb-grade. Last month, Iran declared that it would install 3,000 advanced centrifuges at its Natanz facility, which can enrich uranium at two to three times its current rate.
The Ayatollah quashed that deal too: "Whenever they [Americans] smile at the officials of the Islamic revolution, when we carefully look at the situation, we notice that they are hiding a dagger behind their back."
It was the same in January 2011, when diplomacy also collapsed. Ditto in 2012, when negotiations in February, May and June each ended in failure. Washington went into those talks thinking they were going to succeed on the theory that Tehran desperately wants relief from the supposedly crippling pressure of economic sanctions.
Why does the Ayatollah keep saying no? The conventional wisdom is that previous U.S. offers weren't generous enough, or that the wrong President was in the White House, or that Iran wants only to deal directly with the U.S. and not in multilateral forums. Each of these theories has been tested and shown to be false.
A more persuasive explanation—get ready for this shocker—is that Iran really wants a bomb. The regime believes, not unreasonably, that Moammar Gadhafi would still be in power had he not given up his nuclear program in 2003. Mr. Khamenei also fears a "velvet revolution" scenario, in which more normal ties with the West threaten the ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic. Confrontation with America is in this regime's DNA.
Meantime, the pretense of negotiations has allowed Tehran to play for time to advance its programs. When Mr. Obama took office, Iran had enriched 1,000 kilos of reactor-grade uranium. In its last report from November, U.N. inspectors found that Iran has produced 7,611 kilos to reactor grade, along with 232 kilos of uranium enriched to 20%, which is close to bomb-grade. Last month, Iran declared that it would install 3,000 advanced centrifuges at its Natanz facility, which can enrich uranium at two to three times its current rate.
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