Though a spokesman for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard denied that Iran was conducting naval drills at the time, an unclassified video released in January shows Iran firing rockets within 1,500 yards of two U.S. ships, an incident one spokesman called “highly provocative.”
Also highly provocative was the capture and arrest of 10 U.S. sailors, who were released after a publicity photo shoot with rifles to their heads and a night in prison. Secretary of State John Kerry later said how “appreciative” he was of the sailors’ humane treatment and the “testament” to the power of diplomacy that was their safe release.
If any of that bothers you, don’t let it. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says that the Iran deal is working. No nuke, no foul, right?
The #IranDeal is working. This is how we know → https://t.co/MunkUJOvUu pic.twitter.com/exkXesBg0t
— Sec. Ernest Moniz (@EnergySecMoniz) February 2, 2016
@ErnestMoniz @TheIranDeal Think the world will buy it?
— MayaHockey (@MNHockey17) February 2, 2016
.@ErnestMoniz @TheIranDeal We rely on experts, like the experts at Treasury who underestimated Iran's haul from end of sanctions by $45b
— davidrlurie (@davidrlurie) February 2, 2016
Let’s not get hung up on a $50 billion rounding error.
@ErnestMoniz @TheIranDeal Right. The money estimate Iran now has access to went from 50 to 100 billion. No one trusts this Admin or Iran.
— Mark Jacobs (@mr_markjacobs) February 2, 2016
90% increase in images seems very low. How much imaging was there before #IranDeal?@ErnestMoniz @TheIranDeal pic.twitter.com/CDCA659zOT
— NJ (@9Joe9) February 2, 2016
If indeed "24/7 monitoring," you are saying before #IranDeal there was 12-13 hours of monitoring per day? @ErnestMoniz @TheIranDeal
— NJ (@9Joe9) February 2, 2016
@ErnestMoniz @TheIranDeal so the bomb is on hold while they work on the delivery system. How is that better?
— The Packman (@adpackman) February 2, 2016
@ErnestMoniz how do u know they already havent?
— David Liudahl (@DavidLiudahl) February 3, 2016
@ErnestMoniz @TheIranDeal Start praying you won't have to eat your words, before the year is out.
— Tamas Morvay (@EditorMorvay) February 2, 2016
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