# Nuclear deal with Iran **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 14, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-deal-with-iran/725128 "2015-07-14T11:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1342
**Author:** ![Silver\_lining](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-deal-with-iran/725128/1342 "2018-05-28T20:03:37Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > **Wrong**. > > In October of 2015, the _majlis_ approved the deal “[with 161 votes in favour, 59 against and 13.](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34513363)” > > \>\>\>BS. Iran did not sign it. Approving it via vote is one thing, for show. They did not sign the deal.Show us that proof, you will not find it. > **Wrong**. > > All declared nuclear facilities were under “[under continual monitoring](https://www.vox.com/2015/8/19/9176415/iran-deal-inspections-24-days).” Had IAEA had credible indications of any _undeclared_ nuclear facilities, they would under the terms of the deal have had the right to demand access to those, too. But instead, time and again, IAEA found that Iran was in fact in full compliance with the deal. > > \>\>\>Oh, an inspection 20+ days when requested? What is the point of inspections then? Also military areas were barred. > If you are referring to Mrs. Nowrouzzadeh, then, wow: _ **Superwrong** _. > > Firstly, she was in fact born in Trumbull, Connecticut. > > Secondly, she was in fact not “Obama’s closest advisor,” but rather an Iran specialist at the National Security Council. > > Thirdly, she was in fact not - and is not - “obscure.” > > She has an excellent record of public service, first during the Bush years and then under Obama, in both the Department of Defense and the National Security Council, with “[awards from the Departments of Defense and State, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the F.B.I.](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/21/trump-vs-the-deep-state)” Norman Roule, an Iran specialist at the CIA, has called her “one of the most patriotic people I know.” I was talking about Valerie Jarrett. Like I said born in Iran. The one allowed in his living quarters. Jarrett had a staff of approximately three dozen and received full-time secret service protection.[25] Jarrett’s role as both a friend of the Obamas and as senior advisor in the White House was controversial: in his memoirs Robert M. Gates, former secretary of defense, discussed his objection to her involvement in foreign security affairs;[26] David Axelrod reported in his memoirs about Rahm Emanuel’s attempts to have her selected as Obama’s replacement in the senate, due to concerns about the difficulty in working with a family friend in a major policy role.[27] Nice try. > **[Valerie Jarrett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett)** > > Valerie June Jarrett (née Bowman; born November 14, 1956) is an American businesswoman and former government official serving as the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. She previously served as the senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama and assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs from 2009 to 2017. Before that, she served as a co-chair of the Obama–Biden Transition Project. > She has been the CEO of the Obama Foundation since ... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-deal-with-iran/725128)._