<p>&ldquo;Iran nuclear deal isn&rsquo;t a bad deal after all; it&rsquo;s no deal&rdquo; reads the <em>Investor&rsquo;s Business Daily</em> headline of an article in which Obama&rsquo;s pet deal with Iran is termed a &ldquo;charade.&rdquo; ;If you read my article published last Thursday, you know that the Obama Administration has admitted that the nuclear deal (JCPOA) is not legally binding. This unfortunate truth was revealed in a letter sent to a concerned Senator after he had asked Secretary of State John Kerry why the document remained unsigned.</p>
<p>So the fact of the matter is, <strong>JCPOA has no legal force.</strong> Since when are diplomatic agreements with other countries left unsigned? Since Obama was elected, apparently. ;</p>
<p>I don&rsquo;t remember Obama ever mentioning the fact that Iran would not be required to sign the document. But according to a letter written by the State Department earlier this month: &ldquo;The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is not a treaty or an executive agreement, and is not a signed document.&rdquo; The letter continues, noting that it does not matter &ldquo;whether it is legally biding or signed.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>What does matter, according to the letter, are &ldquo;the extensive verification measures we have put in place and Iran&rsquo;s understanding that we have the capacity to reimpose &ndash; and ramp up &ndash; our sanctions if Iran does not meet is commitments.&rdquo; ;But in reality we&rsquo;ve agreed to let Tehran inspect its own facilities&#8230;and I highly doubt sanctions will be reimposed, considering that doing so would reveal Kerry and Obama&rsquo;s deal as a failure (to those of us who haven&rsquo;t figured that out yet). ;</p>
<p>In response to the question &ldquo;Will companies that sign contracts with Iran be able to continue that business even if Iran violates the JCPOA and snapback occurs because of a grandfather clause?&rdquo; the White House answered, &ldquo;No. There is no grandfather clause in the JCPOA&hellip;no exemptions from our sanctions for long-term contracts.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>But if the document isn&rsquo;t signed, what does it matter? ;</p>
<p>Iran knows that the unsigned document has no power. Iranian president Hassan Rouhani advised his parliament to refrain from approving the deal in August because &ldquo;it will create an obligation for the government. It will mean the president, who has not signed it so far, will have to sign it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Why should we place an unnecessary legal restriction on the Iranian people.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p><strong>Author&rsquo;s note:</strong> Considering Hassan&rsquo;s words, it seems that Iran hasn&rsquo;t taken the document seriously from the beginning. To Iran, the JCPOA is a big joke with a hefty bonus. The only thing the deal actually accomplished was providing ;Iran with millions of dollars and the power to become a true nuclear power. ;</p>
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