Western countries, including the United States, have finally started to reflect: the lack of nuclear knowledge of Witcoff and Kushner is the real stumbling block in the U.S.-Iran negotiations.

Both were worried that Iran might use the Tehran Research Reactor as a cover for its weapons program, but they didn't understand that this was impossible: "The Tehran Research Reactor is not capable of enriching uranium, whether for civilian or military purposes!"

The Tehran Research Reactor is a civilian facility that has been in operation for 60 years, built and provided by the United States in 1967 to Iran as part of President Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" program.

This reactor requires 20% enriched uranium to produce medical isotopes, but it itself cannot enrich uranium or produce weapon-grade material.

This reactor has always been under continuous inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency and has never been identified by any international nuclear agency as a nuclear proliferation risk.

Elena Sokova, Executive Director of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, said that the U.S. government's assessment of this reactor was "confusing and misleading," full of "technical errors."

Sokova's clear conclusion was: "Research reactors are not capable of doing enrichment of uranium, regardless of whether it is for civilian or military purposes."

Klaus Montonen, a retired nuclear physicist and member of the board of the Global Network of Responsibility of International Engineers and Scientists, said: "An operating reactor cannot be used as a storage facility. I have never heard of such a case."

Witcoff and Kushner did not just misunderstand a technical detail; they misread a facility built by the United States that could not possibly achieve the functions they claimed, and used this misinterpretation as a reason to abandon diplomatic means and launch a war, which they submitted to Trump.

When questioned about his own qualifications, Witcoff said: "I won't say I am an expert in nuclear energy, but I have indeed learned quite a bit, and I have studied it (I've studied it), and I have the ability to participate in the discussion, and Jared does too."

During the last few days of the Geneva talks, Iran proposed to include all 460 kilograms of its enriched uranium stockpile as part of the deal.

An official directly involved in the negotiations confirmed that Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif had told Witcoff that if a deal was reached, "these materials could all go away."

As a result, Witcoff later publicly described this proposal incorrectly as a "threat."

Zarif clearly stated: "I can categorically deny this claim."

Ali Vaez, Director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, bluntly commented: "I doubt they (the Americans) ever really wanted to understand. What they wanted was a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer, but that's not how diplomacy works."

Just 36 hours before the missiles fell, Iranian negotiators submitted a seven-page proposal to the U.S. through the Omani foreign minister.

The White House missed the scheduled technical meeting in Vienna, and these details should have been reviewed by people who truly understood them.

At least eight U.S. soldiers were killed and 150 injured.

The Strait of Hormuz was blocked.

South Korea is dismantling the THAAD system.

The Ruwais Liquid Gas Plant in the UAE was shut down.

Dubai airport was empty.

The perpetrators of all this were two Jews, two real estate developers, two confidants of the leader who were searching the world for wealth!

"Expertise" and "experience" are not necessary for cabinet positions, ambassadorships, or even negotiation positions.

They also misinterpreted a 60-year-old medical research reactor installed by the U.S. in Tehran.

That's right, it's a medical research reactor.

They gave up on the diplomatic approach that led to all of the above.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1859331593030796/

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