Guest essay by Eric Worrall
Iran’s deputy environment chief Karim Shafie has warned that Iran’s participation in the Paris Agreement is at risk if they don’t get their climate money.
Is Iran pulling out of Paris Agreement?
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
May 20, 2018
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif signed the Paris Agreement on climate change during a ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York, April 22, 2016.
“However, the agreement was brought before the Guardian Council, but the council did not approve it and proposed amendments, so the deal is now being hammered out in agriculture, water and natural resources group of the Majlis,” ISNA quoted Karim Shafie, deputy environment chief for legal affairs, as saying on Saturday.
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As Shafie said, Iran has submitted Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UNFCCC committing to cut the greenhouse gas emissions by 4% percent in 2030. However, subject to termination and non-existence of unfair and brutal sanctions, availability of international resources in the form of financial support and technology transfer, exchange of carbon credits, accessibility of bilateral or multilateral implementation mechanisms, transfer of clean technologies as well as capacity building, Iran has the potential of mitigating greenhouse gas emission up to 12%.
“By ratifying the Paris agreement, Iran should make commitments which might put the country into significant expenses,” the deputy environment chief said.
There are proponents and opponents of the agreement in Iran, he said, adding, those who are opposing the deal believe that ratifying the deal would carry considerable costs, and the costs should be funded by developed countries or international entities.
On the other hand those who are advocating the deal believe that the deal would help Iran to mitigate environmental pollutants and that “we” can mitigate greenhouse gas emission in sectors which may not carry high costs.
He further suggested that there are some concerns the deal may “act against our national interest” and that’s why “we should proceed with extreme caution”.
“We should be wary of not being forced to make and legally binding commitments which may later result in more sanctions and penalties for us,” he warned.
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Read more: http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/423741/Is-Iran-pulling-out-of-Paris-Agreement
Personally I believe Iran’s ongoing high level support for global terrorism, and the exposure of Iran’s brazen lies about their clandestine nuclear weapons programme are higher priority geopolitical issues than any CO2 emissions cuts the Iranian government was offering. But maybe thats just me.
From the article: “However, subject to termination and non-existence of unfair and brutal sanctions, availability of international resources in the form of financial support and technology transfer”
Well, brutal sanctions are being reimposed on Iran by the United States, according to a speech Secretary of State Pompeo just gave. He said Iran’s economy will suffer greatly if the Mad Mullahs do not change their course and their efforts to acquire nuclear weapons and missiles to deliver them.
In the past we have seen where both North Korea and Iran have had economic sanctions imposed against them by U.S. presidents and one would think that there probably couldn’t be any more sanctions left to impose. But No! Apparently there were plenty of other things past presidents could have done to pressure North Korea and Iran, but it took President Trump to actually bring real pressure to bear, and now Trump has North Korea coming to the bargaining table.
The Mad Mullahs of Iran are getting ready to learn this Trump lesson.
I noted that Secretary Pompeo was prompting the Iranian people to question the quality of the leadership they have been getting from their elected leaders and from the Mad Mullahs. Just the thing he and Trump should be doing: Encouraging the Iranian people to overthrow their Masters.
There is a lot of dissatisfaction among the Iranian people. It wouldn’t take much. I encourage Secretary Pompeo to continue agitating. The Iranian people need to make Iran great again.
“Well, brutal sanctions are being reimposed on Iran by the United States…
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Well, Europe doesn’t want to comply.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-trump-iran-sanctions-nuclear-deal-juncker-a8358001.html
And why should they? Who gave Uncle Sam the right to dictate how everyone else should live?
Anyway, there is a lot of dissatisfaction among the American people. “It wouldn’t take much.”
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Almost two-thirds of Americans — 63% — believe that the US should not withdraw from the agreement made with Iran to prevent the country from developing nuclear weapons.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/08/politics/poll-iran-agreement/index.html
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Khwarizmi – May 21, 2018 at 7:56 am
Oh “WOW”, ….. only 63%, ….. why I’m utterly flabbergasted.
Mercy me, a CNN poll should have the “bleeding-heart” lefty liberals at 75% minimum.
What on earth gives Iran the right to demand monies from US taxpayers and to demand control of the foreign policy of a free nation such as the USA , especially when the nation, IRAN, has an appalling human rights reputation .
just one section from a recent report , on women’s rights, gives you the flavour of the place :
-“Women’s Rights
Iranian women face discrimination in personal status matters related to marriage, divorce, inheritance, and child custody. A woman needs her male guardian’s approval for marriage regardless of her age and cannot pass on her nationality to her foreign-born spouse or their children. Married women may not obtain a passport or travel outside the country without the written permission of their husbands.
The UN Children’s Rights Committee reported in March that the age of marriage for girls is 13, that sexual intercourse with girls as young as nine lunar years was not criminalized, and that judges had discretion to release some perpetrators of so-called honor killings without any punishment. Child marriage—though not the norm—continues, as the law allows girls to marry at 13 and boys at age 15, as well as at younger ages if authorized by a judge.
Authorities continue to prevent girls and women from attending certain sporting events, including men’s soccer and volleyball matches.
On July 31, 2016, President Rouhani suspended the hiring exam for public sector jobs to investigate apparent discrimination against women in the job market.”-
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2017/country-chapters/iran
That such a nation, at will and by threats , can pick the pockets of taxpayers in other countries , countries that have long evolved to a more equitable society, is an appalling suggestion.
That’s a dubious poll.
Before the deal, about 60% of Americans didn’t want Congress to accept it. Other polls since the deal have found far less support than that found by CNN pollsters, with a large number of undecideds.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-americans-dont-know-what-u-s-should-do-on-iran-deal-cbs-news-poll/
You are citing CNN? Best chuckle I have had today.
CBS did the same poll and came up with this…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-americans-dont-know-what-u-s-should-do-on-iran-deal-cbs-news-poll/
“And why should they? Who gave Uncle Sam the right to dictate how everyone else should live?”
Well, in this case it’s because Uncle Sam has twice as big an economy as anyone else in the world, and Trump has decided to wield this power to bring down the mad dictators of the world. If the EU elites don’t like it, that’s tough.
It’s actually a long list of signers making this demand for the Obama bribe money pot.
The reason why Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons, is becaise they are Eschatologists – they WANT the world to end.
Only after Iran’s army has been defeated, and there have been two loud booms in the heavens (interpreted nowadays as nucIear weapons), will the Mahdi, the 12th immam, come out of the well, where he has been hiding for the last 1,200 years. Only then will Shia Islam rule supreme over the whole world.
This may sound like the ravings of the mentally derranged, but all of this is standard Shia philosophy. And the way to bring all of this about is to send a nucIear bomb onto lsrael, so that they retaliate and defeat the lranian army and cause two loud booms in the heavens.
The Cold War philosophy of M.A.D. only applies if you are dealing with rational people who want to live. As Sting said: “I hope the Russians love their children too…”
R
Sting – Russians….
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs
Do you make this up on your own?
No, this is standard Shia philosophy.
The Shia Twelvers…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Imams
The Mahdi, the 12th imam…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_al-Mahdi
The mad philosophy of eschatology…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology
R
LMFAO @ur momisugly ralfellis…….wikipedia
No, this is standard Shia philosophy.
The Shia Ithnā ʿAshariyyah Twelvers…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ithna-Ashariyyah
The Mahdi, the hidden 12th imam…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad-al-Mahdi-al-Hujjah
The mad philosophy of eschatology…
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/eschatology
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Eschatology, the mad philosophy of the end times….
https://www.britannica.com/topic/eschatology
Ralph
LOL @ur momisugly ralfellis ……” Shia philosophy.”
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You confuse “religion” with “philosophy”…
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LOL @ur momisugly ralfellis…..” the mad philosophy of the end times”
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Ever hear about something called “The Rapture?”
A short analysis of Shia eschatology in the current war in Syria (scroll down a bit.).
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/dueling-at-the-end-of-times
Note that the lSlS magazine (available at all UK mosques) is called Dabiq. This is a small town in northern Syria, where the end-of-times battle between Christians and Muslims is supposed to take place. Dabiq is central to Islamic (Shia) eschatology, and central to the current war in Syria. Eschatology is STILL central to Shia philosophy. Read this BBC article.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30083303
Note that the BBC will place these interesting snippets in its website, but never broadcast them on its news service. So the public have no idea what this battle in Syria is all about. Some think it is about modern politics of the Assad regime. Some think it is about oil pipelines. Some cite IsraeIi meddling. But none seem to realise that this battle in Syria is 1,200 years old, and goes back to the very origins of lslam.
(Assad’s Alawites are half Christian, celebrating Easter and Christmas, and so are regarded by Sunnis as apostates. Which is why the Syriac Christians have backed Assad 100% since 2011, because they know that Assad is their only saviour in the region. So Western politicians like Obama who want to back the Sunni ‘moderates’, are actually seeking the complete destruction of Christianity in Syria. I often wonder if these politicians are in the pay of Saudi Arabia.).
Ralph
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The lSlS magazine, available from every UK mosque (in manilla envelopes).
>>You confuse “religion” with “philosophy”…
Not at all. Philosophy is: “The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.”. (Oxford English Dictionary). And that is what religion tries to achieve. It may do it very badly, but it does indeed try to explain reality and existence.
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>>Ever hear about something called “The Rapture?”
Did I say fundementaIists Christians were sane? I think not. Box of frohs, the lot of them.
Ralph
Religion does not study the fundamental nature of knowledge.
I would like to see many more nations follow Iran’s lead. The EU, et al. needs to put up the promised funds, or shut up about climate change.
The Iranians will claim that the only way they can cut “greenhouse gas” emissions is to develop nuclear power plants, so Europe needs to send them more billions to build them. Which they will promptly use to upgrade uranium into nuclear bombs that they can drop on Europe and/or Israel.
So the only sensible thing for Europe to do is to stop the “greenhouse gas” subsidies to Iran and let the Iranians emit an extra 4% of CO2, which is less bad than a mushroom cloud over Jerusalem.
But can anyone count on European bureaucrats to do something sensible?
A Russian company has signed a contract to build a nuclear plant in Iran. The Iranians want to develop their ability to generate electricity with nuclear energy and export natural gas.
The Iranians want to develop their ability to generate
electricityenriched uranium with their nuclear energy and exportnatural gasnuclear bombs to the US and Europe and Israel.Gee, guys, give Iran a break, they are an oil country and they are going nuclear!
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Give them nothing because they wouldn’t do anything with the money to mitigate whatever warming is occurring anyway. In fact, it’s probably a safe bet that most of the Developing World recipients won’t do much with similar donations. And what happens if they take the money and don’t reduce their emissions? Do we get a refund?
Mr. Worral is turning into political activism, but not in a very impressive way to me, citing Bloomberg and Netanyahu as his trusted sources.
His link about Netanyahu is about old news and old data for the insiders, and insiders also know some interesting background of Netanyahu about matters nuclear. Mr. Worral is very sensitive to the climate hype, but clearly is very insensitive to political hype.
As these two rampant hypes are closely connected and go happily along in the media, maybe I can help Mr. Worral a bit by offering him a link in return.
https://www.corbettreport.com/israelinukes/
I have a weak spot for Israel, but I also have a weak spot for honesty. I offer this link not for political reasons, but for factuality. Facts may be hars and unpleasant, but in the end it is all we have and all we should look for.
It’s not just you. Iran is a festering mess of hate. The leadership if we can use that term is a filthy bunch of old reprobates. The USA owes Iran a large debt going back many years. The sooner we pay it better.
The irony is a bit rich. Even Iran must have the Paris Climate Accords “approved” by its Guardian Council before it is bound to the agreement. Whereas, President Obama, “The One”, simply blesses it and the US must be bound by it and fork over tens of billions of dollars. Too funny.
mikewaite – May 21, 2018 at 8:45 am
What on earth gives Iran the right to demand monies from US taxpayers and to demand control of the foreign policy of a free nation such as the USA , especially when the nation, IRAN, has an appalling human rights reputation .
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Exhibit A:
US President George Herbert Walker Bush,
September 12, 1991
Just months ago, American men and women in uniform risked their lives to defend Israelis in the face of Iraqi Scud missiles. And indeed, Desert Storm, while winning a war against aggression, also achieved the defeat of Israel’s most dangerous adversary. And during the current fiscal year alone and despite our own economic problems, the United States provided Israel with more than $4 billion in economic and military aid, nearly $1,000 for every Israeli man, woman and child, as well as with $400 million in loan guarantees to facilitate emigrant absorption.
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Let me end with just one final point: The Constitution charges the President with the conduct of the Nation’s foreign policy. [not the Israel lobby]
https://www.c-span.org/video/?21178-1/israeli-loan-guarantees-delay
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“When you think about how fantastically successful the Jewish lobby has been, though, in fact, they are less numerous I am told – religious Jews anyway – than atheists and [yet they] more or less monopolise American foreign policy as far as many people can see.”
– Richard Dawkins, “Athiests arise”, Guardian, October 2007
► Obama Isolates Netanyahu as Head of Warmongers
Ha’aretz, Aug 6, 2015
► Netanyahu Had ‘Tense’ Call With Trump Over U.S. Plan to Leave Syria, White House Officials Say
-Ha’aretz, April 6, 2018
► Israel fears Trump may see job as done in Syria, leave Israel alone to face Iran
-Times of Israel, April 14, 2018
► Trump to Netanyahu: Do you care about peace or not?
“Trump’s direct and unscripted question to Israel’s leader shocked advisors present for the call.”
-Jerusalem Post, April 23, 2018
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What on earth gives the ethno-religious state of Israel the right to demand jizya from US taxpayers and to demand control of the foreign policy of a free nation such as the USA , especially when that nation, ISRAEL, was founded on terror and has an appalling human rights reputation?
Einstein tried to warn us.
I don’t like the way the debate is framed in the MSM: enriching uranium at high grade is NOT inherently evil. HEU is a useful product. There is zero doubt the Islamic Republic of Iran has evil in mind, but HEU is not evil.
We should build HEU reactors. HEU reactors are efficient and safe.
I wish we could say to other “nations” (Islamic Republic of Iran is not a nation, it’s a state BTW):
“We can do HEU because we are not evil, you are evil, there is no double standard here, STHU.”
That was about the most fatuous post I have seen in a while. Given their history, Rouhani and his puppeteer Khameni should be allowed only plastic spoons, removed after they finish eating.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been unwilling to follow norms of international behavior since it’s formation, and only the Cold War and other international circumstances have prevented several other countries from declaring war on the Republic for it’s outrages.
The USA is deep in debt and cannot afford to be giving anyone any money at all. After all the USA is no longer part of the Paris Agreement. Iran should try to get their money from rich nations like China.
The lie is that Iran ever had a nuclear weapons program. Or that CO2 is bad.
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/what-if-there-never-was-an-iranian-nuclear-weapons-program/