THEN WHY BOTHER? – AT 10:56 A.M. ET:  A major religious figure in Iran has reiterated a key Iranian position, that a nuclear agreement would never include inspection of military sites.  Wouldn't this kill the deal supposedly being negotiated right now?  From Breitbart: 

Iran will never allow Western powers or the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect Tehran’s military sites as part of a final agreement with the P5+1 world powers, Iran’s Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani said Friday in an address to Tehran University students.

Kermani has enormous influence in the country as Tehran’s Friday Prayers imam, and is appointed directly by the country’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

He said that the West, and particularly the United States, “are hallucinating” if they think that Iran would allow inspection of its military apparatus, according to Iran’s state-controlled Fars News agency.

Those who wish for Iran to recognize the State of Israel as part of a final agreement should “bury their dreams,” the Ayatollah added.

He told the crowd, “We tell Mr. Amano (IAEA director general), the westerners, and the U.S. that they should bury their dreams of recognition of Israel and also the inclusion to visit Iran’s military sites within the framework of nuclear agreement.”

COMMENT:  Major Iranian figures have made these same points over and over.  They can hardly go back on their statements now.  Yet, we continue to negotiate a final nuclear agreement.

What will this agreement be?  Simply an agreement to "discuss further the issue of inspection"?  I'll bet that's what it comes down to, and that is an outrage.

May 16, 2015