REALITY SINKS IN – OVERNIGHT:  The latest round of Iran nuclear talks has ended, with essentially no progress in getting Iran to agree to ending its quest for nuclear weapons.  But beware the appeasers in the Biden administration and the Democratic Party.  From Reuters: 

VIENNA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on saving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal broke off until next week as European officials voiced dismay on Friday at sweeping demands by Iran's new, hardline government.

The seventh round of talks in Vienna is the first with delegates sent by Iran's anti-Western President Ebrahim Raisi on how to resuscitate the agreement under which Iran limited its nuclear program in return for relief from economic sanctions.

Raisi's election in June caused a five-month hiatus in the talks, heightening suspicions among U.S. and European officials that Iran is playing for time while advancing its nuclear program.

"Iran right now does not seem to be serious about doing what's necessary to return to compliance, which is why we ended this round of talks in Vienna," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the Reuters Next Conference. read more

"If the path to a return to compliance with the agreement turns out to be a dead-end, we will pursue other options," he added, without elaborating.

Diplomats said the Iranian delegation had proposed sweeping changes to a text that was painstakingly negotiated in previous rounds and that European officials had said was 70-80% finished.

"Over five months ago, Iran interrupted negotiations. Since then, Iran has fast-forwarded its nuclear program. This week, it has back-tracked on diplomatic progress made," senior officials from France, Britain and Germany said in a statement, adding that Iran was demanding "major changes" to the text.
It is "unclear how these new gaps can be closed in a realistic time frame", they added.

The three European powers expressed "disappointment and concern" at Iran's demands, some of which they said were incompatible with the deal's terms or went beyond them.

COMMENT:  Anyone shocked by this?  Iran is ruled by a fanatical, hardline regime intent on regional domination.  It's absurd to think they'll give up their drive for nuclear weapons.  The American negotiating team is made up of the same characters who negotiated the original Iran nuclear agreement under the ultra-appeasing Barack Obama.  They should now be gently retired.  We will be stuck with a nuclear Iran, and with Russia and China as hostile, growing nations.  Happy New Year.

December 3, 2021