When it comes to cutting the budget, there are priorities. Only a fool would reduce the budget of the MoD when the country has enemies that are flexing their muscles for us every now and then. When your Minister of Foreign Affairs says that the US can disable all of our weapons with just one bomb, or some Advisor to the President says that Iranians cannot compete in producing anything but abgoosht, you can pretty much tell where the Rouhani administration stands with regard to progress in military technology.
And the country's economy did a lot better than now during the time of that moron with 4 rounds of UNSC sanctions that enabled literally every country on the planet to inspect our cargoes in any free water or international airspace. The current US sanctions are not tougher than the sanctions that Iran faced from 2009-2012. Ahmadinejad turned Iran into a regional power and Rouhani did nothing during the 6 years of his catastrophic presidency that is worth mentioning.
And by the way, the reason that Iran's nuclear program was transferred from the IAEA to the UN Security Council was because Iran was blamed for working on plutonium reprocessing in 2003. And that happened during the Khatami administration after signing a deal with the European powers. And guess who signed a similar deal like the JCPOA at that time with the three European powers to settle the issue then? Rouhani. A deal that was supposed to end the nuclear standoff, but not only failed to do so and Iran gained nothing from that deal except promises that were never realized, but resulted in referring the Iran nuclear case to the UN Security Council. As a matter of fact, it was Ahmadinejad who had to deal with the destruction caused by Khatami and Rouhani, not the other way around.
When it comes to cutting the budget, there are priorities. Only a fool would reduce the budget of the MoD when the country has enemies that are flexing their muscles for us every now and then. When your Minister of Foreign Affairs says that the US can disable all of our weapons with just one bomb, or some Advisor to the President says that Iranians cannot compete in producing anything but abgoosht, you can pretty much tell where the Rouhani administration stands with regard to progress in military technology.
And the country's economy did a lot better than now during the time of that moron with 4 rounds of UNSC sanctions that enabled literally every country on the planet to inspect our cargoes in any free water or international airspace. The current US sanctions are not tougher than the sanctions that Iran faced from 2009-2012. Ahmadinejad turned Iran into a regional power and Rouhani did nothing during the 6 years of his catastrophic presidency that is worth mentioning.
And by the way, the reason that Iran's nuclear program was transferred from the IAEA to the UN Security Council was because Iran was blamed for working on plutonium reprocessing in 2003. And that happened during the Khatami administration after signing a deal with the European powers. And guess who signed a similar deal like the JCPOA at that time with the three European powers to settle the issue then? Rouhani. A deal that was supposed to end the nuclear standoff, but not only failed to do so and Iran gained nothing from that deal except promises that were never realized, but resulted in referring the Iran nuclear case to the UN Security Council. As a matter of fact, it was Ahmadinejad who had to deal with the destruction caused by Khatami and Rouhani, not the other way around.
100% false news again!------The Sanctions did not go into the UNSC because of reprocessing of Plutonium but because of complete disregard of Ahmadinejad's government of IAEA's Board request for Iran to return to the negotiation table....he's refusal to even negotiate is what made Russia and China not use their veto power. Iran was openly flaunting enrichment activities on tv and in newspapers. He did not make Iran a regional power, he made Iran weaker....we negotiated JCPOA that limited enrichment, for lifting of sanctions imposed during his years as president.....right now we still have limits in place but we cannot even sell our oil.....this terrible situation started under him...not anyone else. Stop blaming the people tasked to deal with the fall out of his piss poor leadership and intelligence.
https://www.un.org/press/en/2007/sc8980.doc.htm
"Iran’s rejection of the 2006 offer, the United States speaker said, had sent a “deeply troubling signal” to the international community. Nonetheless, the United States, too, was ready to resolve the issue through negotiations. The Iranian leadership’s claim that the Council sought to deprive Iran of its right to peaceful nuclear energy, he said, was simply not true. Many other Governments around the world, including some represented on the Council, enjoyed national civilian nuclear energy programmes without any difficulties, demonstrating that there was no incompatibility between a country’s right to a peaceful nuclear-energy programme and its non-proliferation obligations. The unanimous passage of today’s resolution had sent a clear and unambiguous message to Iran that the regime’s continued pursuit of a nuclear-weapon capability, in violation of its treaty obligations, as well as its obligations as a United Nations Member State, would only further isolate Iran and make it less, not more, secure."
Ahmadinejad's time in office: August 2005 – August 2013
The UN Security Council passed a number of resolutions imposing sanctions on Iran, following the report by the
International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors regarding Iran's non-compliance with its safeguards agreement and the Board's finding that Iran's nuclear activities raised questions within the competency of the Security Council. Sanctions were first imposed when Iran rejected the Security Council's demand that Iran suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1696 – passed on 31 July 2006. Demanded that Iran suspend all enrichment-related and reprocessing activities and threatened sanctions.[23]
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 – passed on 23 December 2006 in response to the proliferation risks presented by the Iranian nuclear program and, in this context, by Iran's continuing failure to meet the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors and to comply with the provisions of Security Council resolution 1696 (2006).[24] Made mandatory for Iran to suspend enrichment-related and reprocessing activities and cooperate with the IAEA, imposed sanctions banning the supply of nuclear-related materials and technology, and froze the assets of key individuals and companies related to the program.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747 – passed on 24 March 2007. Imposed an arms embargo and expanded the freeze on Iranian assets.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1803 – passed on 3 March 2008. Extended the asset freezes and called upon states to monitor the activities of Iranian banks, inspect Iranian ships and aircraft, and to monitor the movement of individuals involved with the program through their territory.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1835 – Passed in 2008.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929 – passed on 9 June 2010. Banned Iran from participating in any activities related to ballistic missiles, tightened the arms embargo, travel bans on individuals involved with the program, froze the funds and assets of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, and recommended that states inspect Iranian cargo, prohibit the servicing of Iranian vessels involved in prohibited activities, prevent the provision of financial services used for sensitive nuclear activities, closely watch Iranian individuals and entities when dealing with them, prohibit the opening of Iranian banks on their territory and prevent Iranian banks from entering into relationship with their banks if it might contribute to the nuclear program, and prevent financial institutions operating in their territory from opening offices and accounts in Iran.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1984 – passed on 9 June 2011. This resolution extended the mandate of the panel of experts that supports the Iran Sanctions Committee for one year.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2049 – passed on 7 June 2012. Renewed the mandate of the Iran Sanctions Committee's Panel of Experts for 13 months.
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 – passed on 20 July 2015. Sets out a schedule for suspending and eventually lifting UN sanctions, with provisions to reimpose UN sanctions in case of non-performance by Iran, in accordance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.