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TROUBLE ALREADY – AT 9:32 A.M. ET:  Usually, nations that have just signed on to a major international agreement wait a respectable period before starting trouble again.  But not Iran.  You've got to admire their spunk, their blatant treachery, their proud hypocrisy.  Give 'em a hand!  From
the Algemeiner: 

Ali Larijani, Iran’s Parliament speaker, rejected the U.S. reading of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, particularly regarding sanctions, NPR reported on Wednesday.

Speaking to NPR during a trip to New York, Larijani warned that if the U.S. imposed new sanctions on Iran, the country would reconsider its commitments to the nuclear deal.

“If something … happens in the U.S. Congress, or if there are new types of sanctions on us, then they should not expect us to go — to implement. Or if the Americans don’t stay true to their obligations on their part, they shouldn’t expect us to do it,” said Larijani, a conservative politician who has been speaker of the Majlis or parliament since 2008.

Larijani claimed that his country views its concessions — such as sealing off the heavy water reactor at the Arak complex — as permanent, and worried that the U.S. did not see its own commitment to remove sanctions in the same light.

COMMENT:  No, we actually don't.  We have the right to reintroduce sanctions if the Iranians cheat.  Apparently, Iran doesn't think so.

Iran is making threats because its threats have worked so well thus far.  Every time Iran made a threat, Obama and Kerry made more concessions.

Why do I think this whole deal will eventually collapse? 

And it will be left for the next president to clean up the mess.

September 9, 2015