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originally posted by: Perfectenemy
I guess Sigle wasn't just a typo. CMS becomes first international law firm to open an office in Iran Bold emphasis mine.
The new Tehran office will be led by partners Jürgen Frodermann and Shaghayegh Smousavi from the firm’s German arm, CMS Hasche Sigle.
Frodermann specializes in international private equity and M&A transactions as well as corporate issues such as restructuring and IPOs. He has advised German-Iranian clients from Germany for many years. Smousavi is a German-Iranian partner and has legal expertise in both jurisdictions during her work for international clients.
CMS set up a task force to establish connections within Iran, following the steps taken by newly elected Iranian president Hassan Rohani, to remove the sanctions against the country.
The firm’s clients in Iran will consist of multinationals and large SMEs, including Iranian companies. CMS recently advised vehicle manufacturer Iran Khodro Diesel SSA on a deal to produce truck and automotive components with German company Daimler.
Though CMS is the first law firm to actually set up an office, a number of major law firms, including Pinsent Masons and Stephenson Harwood, have been exploring their options in Iran.
It is not known how the remaining $1.3 billion made its way to Iran. Given the isolation of Iran’s banking system, it is possible that the payment was made in cash and flown to Iran, but neither we nor Handel’s staff could point to any report that said that definitely took place.
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Handel said the Obama administration admitted that nearly $2 billion flown to Iran is being used to fund terrorism and various supporting activities. She is more specific than the record supports. One way or another, the United States transferred $1.7 billion owed to Iran. As for what the administration admitted, Kerry said it was likely that some portion of any money Iran received would go to its top security organization and some of that money would end up advancing terrorism.
originally posted by: Elostone
Macron is barely 40 years old, has only been in politics since 2012 when he was appointed Deputy Secretary General to the President by François Hollande
He had worked for Rothschild before that as an investment banker.
So those photos couldn't have been taken long ago.
But unlike the federal system where a docket of upcoming judicial matters is spelled out and usually easy to locate, dockets can be elusive in the military justice system. Generally, dockets are not posted in a particular public location as in civilian courthouses.
originally posted by: Perfectenemy
a reply to: jadedANDcynical
The american MSM just let this slide but freaked out over a payment of 130k to a pornstar who had alleged but consensual sex with Trump long before he took office. Nice to see they got their priorities straight. Yeah the MSM is officially a joke.
Seyed Kamal Kharazi (Persian: کمال خرازی, born 1 December 1944) is an Iranian reformist politician and diplomat who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 20 August 1997 to 24 August 2005[1] as appointed by President Mohammad Khatami serving for eight years. He was replaced by Manouchehr Mottaki who was appointed by the next President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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The most interesting this is that Mr. Musavi is unhappy that some of the former officials ar e no longer involved with the nuclear case. Apparently he has forgotten that it was the interference of some of those officials which led the failure of the Geneva-Vienna negotiations and left us in this situation. Apparently he has forgotten that during some of those former officials we had to beg " ;Jack Straw" in the toilet for having 20 centrifuges. This amazing and "symbolic" incident was recounted by Straw himself in the "Iran and the West" documentary." He said: "After the negotiations and signing the Paris Agreement, in which Iran accepted to suspend all its enrichment activities, I returned to the UK and was on a train on my way to take some holiday at home. On the way my mobile phone rang. It was Dr. Kamal Kharazi the Iranian foreign minister. He said that they wanted to keep 20 centrifuges active for scientific research. I realized that I could not speak about a sensitive international issue in the company of those who were with me and went to the toilet. There I told Kharazi that you have signed the agreement and can not violate it, but he insisted. I said I have to discuss this with others...at the same time someone was knowing on the door and apparently he was in a hurry to use the toilet for something other than nuclear negotiation..." Straw continues saying that he immediately contacted John Sawers, the former political director of the British Foreign Ministry and the official in charge of Iran's nuclear case, and he in turn consults with other "experts" and replies to Straw that the Iranians can over a few years produce enough uranium for an atomic bomb with this 20 centrifuges! (It is worth noting that Sawers was promoted to the position of chief of MI6 in 2009). Subsequently, Straw contacts Kharazi and gives him a negative response to his request.
originally posted by: jadedANDcynical
a reply to: Perfectenemy
This gentleman has a few mentions over at the leaky place, this one if of particular interest, I believe:
emphasis mine
The most interesting this is that Mr. Musavi is unhappy that some of the former officials ar e no longer involved with the nuclear case. Apparently he has forgotten that it was the interference of some of those officials which led the failure of the Geneva-Vienna negotiations and left us in this situation. Apparently he has forgotten that during some of those former officials we had to beg " ;Jack Straw" in the toilet for having 20 centrifuges. This amazing and "symbolic" incident was recounted by Straw himself in the "Iran and the West" documentary." He said: "After the negotiations and signing the Paris Agreement, in which Iran accepted to suspend all its enrichment activities, I returned to the UK and was on a train on my way to take some holiday at home. On the way my mobile phone rang. It was Dr. Kamal Kharazi the Iranian foreign minister. He said that they wanted to keep 20 centrifuges active for scientific research. I realized that I could not speak about a sensitive international issue in the company of those who were with me and went to the toilet. There I told Kharazi that you have signed the agreement and can not violate it, but he insisted. I said I have to discuss this with others...at the same time someone was knowing on the door and apparently he was in a hurry to use the toilet for something other than nuclear negotiation..." Straw continues saying that he immediately contacted John Sawers, the former political director of the British Foreign Ministry and the official in charge of Iran's nuclear case, and he in turn consults with other "experts" and replies to Straw that the Iranians can over a few years produce enough uranium for an atomic bomb with this 20 centrifuges! (It is worth noting that Sawers was promoted to the position of chief of MI6 in 2009). Subsequently, Straw contacts Kharazi and gives him a negative response to his request.
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The Pentagon banned the sale of Huawei and ZTE phones on military bases on Wednesday and while the devices are not sold on Canadian bases, federal officials are saying little about whether they share American fears the devices could be used to spy on soldiers.
As the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, the Pentagon ordered military retail shops to stop carrying phones made by Huawei Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp.
Two major Chinese technology companies on Thursday denied allegations that some of their equipment is designed to facilitate spying but struggled to convince U.S. lawmakers that they are independent from the dictates of Beijing's communist government.
Raising their right hands, executives of Huawei Technologies and ZTE took an oath before testifying to the House Intelligence Committee, in what was a rare appearance by Chinese business leaders before a congressional panel. The hearing lasted three-and-a-half hours, and the executives answered questions through interpreters.
The committee is finalizing a yearlong probe into whether the companies pose a risk to U.S. national security. They are among the world's largest suppliers of telecommunications gear and want to expand their operations in the U.S. Huawei is a private company, founded by a former Chinese military engineer. ZTE is partly state-owned.
The committee's top Democrat, Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, said the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive had issued a report detailing the volume of Chinese-enabled cyber attacks, and the actions of China's government in this regard were the biggest obstacle to the tech giants expanding in the U.S. market.
"If you want to do business in the United States," Ruppersberger said, "then you have to tell your Chinese government to stop cyber attacking our businesses."
Both companies denied being influenced by the Chinese government, receiving special treatment or posing a security threat. Company officials said it would be bad for their global business to compromise their customers' networks to any third party.
There are many pressing engineering problems posed by Onkalo, but these are easily solved when compared with the difficulty of trying to figure out how to convey a warning message about the contents of this site to a person thousands of generations distant.
At this point, scientists have proposed everything from a nuclear priesthood to radioactive cats as ways of conveying the idea of danger about the nuclear repository sites to future generation. Madsen was the first to adapt this dire warning to the future for the cinema.
The three Americans who returned to the United States last week after being held in North Korea have been reunited with their families after leaving the hospital, according to a report on Sunday.
“All three were grateful, in good spirits and coping well,” Pentagon spokeswoman Maj. Carla Gleason said in a statement, according to CNN. “The returnees have been reunited with their families. Their time together has been an incredibly joyous occasion. They ask for privacy as they transition home.”
The three — Kim Sang-duk, Kim Dong-chul and Kim Hak-son – accompanied by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who arranged for their release during a visit to Pyongyang, arrived at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington early Thursday morning.
A top American nuclear expert has handed his resignation to President Donald Trump after Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement this week.
Richard Johnson, the assistant coordinator for Iran nuclear issues at the Office of Nuclear Implementation, handed in his resignation this week, but did not give an exact reason for his decision.
Johnson had worked as a non-proliferation officer in the US State Department since 2006.
He had been involved in weeks-long negotiations with the United Kingdom, France and Germany, during which the European governments strived in vain to salvage the agreement, Presstv reported.
The report of Johnson’s resignation came a day after the United Nations’ top nuclear inspector unexpectedly stepped down without giving any explanation.