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Kerry Meeting With Iran to Salvage Nuke Deal With Rogue Diplomacy

Shadow diplomacy aids Iran's regional pursuits


BY: Adam Kredo Follow @Kredo0
September 12, 2018 1:04 pm

Former Secretary of State John Kerry disclosed that he has been conducting rogue diplomacy with top Iranian officials to salvage the landmark nuclear deal and push the Islamic Republic to negotiate its contested missile program, according to recent remarks.

Kerry, in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt to promote his new book, said that he has met with Iranian Former Minister Javad Zarif—the former secretary's onetime negotiating partner—three or four times in recent months behind the Trump administration's back.

"I think I've seen him three or four times," Kerry said, adding that he has been conducting sensitive diplomacy without the current administration's authorization. Kerry said he has criticized the current administration in these discussions, chiding it for not pursuing negotiations from Iran, despite the country's fevered rhetoric about the U.S. president.

Kerry's comments are in line with previous reporting on his behind-the-scenes attempts to save the nuclear deal and ensure that Iran continues receiving billions in cash windfalls. These payments were brought to a halt by the Trump administration when it abandoned the nuclear agreement and reimposed harsh sanctions on Iran that have nearly toppled its economy and sparked a popular revolution.

Kerry said he met Zarif in Norway, Munich, and other international forums.

As Iran continues to plot terror attacks across the globe and transport weapons to regional hotspots in Syria and Yemen, Kerry has tried to help Zarif preserve the nuclear agreement with European nations.

"What I have done is try to elicit from him [Zarif] what Iran might be willing to do to change the dynamic of the Middle East for the better," Kerry said. "How does one resolve Yemen, what do you do to try and get peace in Syria? Those are the things that really are preoccupying him because those are the impediments to Iran's ability to convince people its ready to embrace something different."

Kerry said he has offered blunt talk to Zarif in order to push the regime to accept restrictions on its foreign interventionism.

"I've been very blunt to Foreign Minister Zarif. I told him, ‘Look, you guys need to recognize the world does not appreciate what's happening with missiles, what's happening with Hezbollah, what's happening with Yemen,'" Kerry recounted. "You're supporting an ongoing struggle there."

Iran has said "they're prepared to negotiate and resolve these issues, but the [Trump] administration's taken a very different tact."

Criticizing the current White House, Kerry lamented that "it appears right now, as if the administration is hell-bent … to pursue a regime change strategy" in Iran that would "bring the economy down and try to isolate further."

The former secretary of state cautioned the current administration, saying "the United States historically has not had a great record in regime change strategies, number one, and number two that makes it very difficult, if not impossible, for any Iranian leader to sit down and negotiate anything because they're not going to do it in a capitulatory situation."

Iranian leaders have said multiple times in recent months that they will not take any meetings with Trump or his administration.

Just as long as he gives them palettes of cash from his *own* account.

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Iranian leaders have said multiple times in recent months that they will not take any meetings with Trump or his administration.

Trump must be doing something right.

Kerry - tried for treason.

Wait. How is this even legal ? John Kerry is unemployed and has no official government job capacity at this time correct ? That’s like me calling a meeting with the ayatollah, right ?

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Iranian leaders have said multiple times in recent months that they will not take any meetings with Trump or his administration.

Trump must be doing something right.

Kerry - tried for treason.

^^^^^

Maybe Iran will take Kerry hostage and hold him for 444 days...

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...behind-the-scenes attempts to save the nuclear deal and ensure that Iran continues receiving billions in cash windfalls. These payments were brought to a halt by the Trump administration...

...As Iran continues to plot terror attacks across the globe and transport weapons to regional hotspots in Syria and Yemen, Kerry has tried to help Zarif preserve the nuclear agreement with European nations...

...he has been conducting sensitive diplomacy without the current administration's authorization...

This private citizen needs to be in handcuffs and brought to trial for treason. This motherfucker has been allowed to act as a traitor for far too long

^^^

If they do, I'll sit this one out.

How is this legal and why don't they shut his ass down yesterday?

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Originally posted by Dzozer:
Maybe Iran will take Kerry hostage and hold him for 444 days...

Incommunicado, hopefully.

Violation of the Logan Act of 1799.

Only two people have ever been indicted on charges of violating the Act, one in 1802 and the other in 1852. Neither was convicted of violating the Act.

Hey, third time should be the charm then.

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Originally posted by Dzozer:
Maybe Iran will take Kerry hostage and hold him for 444 days...

How about we then send them cash?

Rumor has it that James Taylor told Kerry to go fuck himself this time...he is staying home

OK, so he leaves the country to do a deal with Iran

thats fine

where is it written down that we have to let him back in? He can show up at the airport but we can refuse him entry back into the country so then its up to him and his minions to figure out where he should get asylum - perhaps his buddies in Iran would like to keep him as a servant

General definition:

treason

[tree-zuh n]

noun

1. the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.

2. a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state.

3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.

Legal definition:

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treason

n. the crime of betraying one's country, defined in Article III, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution: "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort." Treason requires overt acts and includes the giving of government security secrets to other countries, even if friendly, when the information could harm American security. Treason can include revealing to an antagonistic country secrets such as the design of a bomber being built by a private company for the Defense Department. Treason may include "espionage" (spying for a foreign power or doing damage to the operation of the government and its agencies, particularly those involved in security) but is separate and worse than "sedition," which involves a conspiracy to upset the operation of the government.

See also: espionage sedition

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Originally posted by Dzozer:
Maybe Iran will take Kerry hostage and hold him for 444 days...

And we refuse to ransom his ass back.

And while I am not sure what that asshole is doing, not sure it would fit under "treason".

One can always hope, however.

If all the swamp dwellers in this country who are trying to overthrow the duly elected government are not charged with criminal activity, I can't see how they could charge "skerry".

How about Logan Act violations?

Yes, I know it is old and no one has been convicted of it, but if it is useless why is it still there? Is it still any less relevant? Maybe it was designed for just these type of modern traitors who skirt the rules to avoid prosecution while still trying to damage the coutry?

Traitor;Always has been.

Iran won't deal with Kerry, his gibberish holds no weight with US policy.

Sounds like Kerry has a lot of $$$ riding on this deal.

Kerry is scum.

This piece of shit should be taken into custody immediately and charged with treason.