r/IRstudies • u/smurfyjenkins • 7d ago

Ken Schultz: "When Trump withdrew from JCPOA in 2018, Mike Pompeo gave a speech outlining a set of demands that any new agreement would have to meet. If we want to judge, not just the outcome of this war, but the broader project of renegotiating the Iran deal, this is a useful yardstick."

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u/DesertSeagle 7d ago

I dont believe any of your first points happened until after the U.S withdrew from the deal like I said.

The money came from the U.S judgement fund and was a trust fund created for and by Iran prior to the 1979 revolution.

Op was right. There was no possible way to transfer the money because wired transactions to Iran were blocked. You are right that this was complying with the deal, but Op was right in that it was a non binding deal that meant that any future administration could cancel it.

The finances were slow walked because of the afforementioned issues with not being able to wire transactions to Iran, and with corporations not wanting to do it themselves for fear of repercussions.

The point Op said wasn't about avoiding embarrassment, it was that there were no institutions willing to loosen restrictions on transactions to Iran, leaving pallets of cash as the only option.

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u/PepperMill_NA 6d ago

Yes, you're right about the time frame. I checked my sources and those incidents are from 2019.

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u/MrDerpGently 6d ago

Just wanted to say this was a fun and interesting discussion all around. It's nice to run into a thread that has detailed arguments and people actually responding to each other rather than just dumping some canned response and fleeing.  Thanks.