{"id":1384513,"date":"2022-03-16T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T19:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1384513"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:30:31","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T19:30:31","slug":"new-iran-agreement-would-let-russia-cash-in-on-10-billion-contract-to-build-nuclear-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-iran-agreement-would-let-russia-cash-in-on-10-billion-contract-to-build-nuclear-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"New Iran Agreement Would Let Russia Cash in on $10 Billion Contract To Build Nuclear Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-iran-agreement-would-let-russia-cash-in-on-10-billion-contract-to-build-nuclear-sites%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1384513&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/\">National Security<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Biden admin will waive sanctions so Russia can build contested nuclear plant<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tRussian president Vladimir Putin and Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei (Alexei Druzhinin\/AFP via Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/adam-kredo\/\" title=\"Posts by Adam Kredo\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Adam Kredo<\/a> \u2022 March 16, 2022 3:25 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Russia\u2019s top state-controlled energy company is set to cash in on a $10 billion contract to build out one of Iran\u2019s most contested nuclear sites as part of concessions granted in the soon-to-be-announced nuclear agreement that will guarantee sanctions on both countries are lifted.<\/p>\n<p>Russian and Iranian documents translated for the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> show that Rosatom, Russia\u2019s leading energy company, has a $10 billion contract with Iran\u2019s atomic energy organization to expand Tehran\u2019s Bushehr nuclear plant. Russia and the Biden administration confirmed on Tuesday that the new nuclear agreement includes carveouts that will waive sanctions on both countries so that Russia can make good on this contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We, of course, would not sanction Russian participation in nuclear projects that are part of resuming full implementation of the JCPOA,&#8221; State Department spokesman Ned Price confirmed on Tuesday, referring to the original 2015 nuclear accord. Russia\u2019s foreign ministry made a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mission_rf\/status\/1503875434370547723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Tuesday, saying that &#8220;additions were made to the text of the future agreement on JCPOA restoration to ensure that all the JCPOA-related projects, [especially] with Russian participation, as well as Bushehr [nuclear power plant], are protected from negative impact of anti-Russian restrictions&#8221; by the United States and European Union.<\/p>\n<p>The removal of these sanctions will provide Moscow\u2019s Rosatom company with a critical source of revenue as American and European sanctions crush Russia\u2019s economy in response to its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The concessions to Moscow have generated frustration on Capitol Hill, with top Republican leaders accusing the Biden administration of weakening penalties on Russia to secure an agreement with Iran. Moscow has served as the United States&#8217; top interlocutor in talks, even as the country\u2019s war machine rolls across Ukraine. The <em>Free Beacon<\/em> first <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/new-iran-nuclear-deal-will-create-sanctions-evasion-hub-for-putin-experts-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported on Tuesday<\/a> that a policy document circulating among lawmakers exposes how the new nuclear agreement will create a &#8220;sanctions evasion hub&#8221; for Russian president Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Noronha, a former State Department special adviser for Iran under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that Russia is being awarded a financial lifeline via the nuclear agreement, undermining international efforts to isolate Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rosatom\u2019s projects in Iran are crucial to the company\u2019s future financial viability\u2014that\u2019s exactly why we should shut them down by disrupting their foreign contracts\u2014especially those with a regime like Iran,&#8221; Noronha said. &#8220;We\u2019re doing the opposite. The United States should sanction Rosatom for its involvement in Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, but in classic fashion, we\u2019re giving them full sanctions immunity that will stabilize Rosatom\u2019s finances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rosatom\u2019s contract with Iran has Moscow constructing two blocks of the Bushehr nuclear plant, which are set to go online in 2024 and 2026.<\/p>\n<p>As of last year, Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/ria.ru\/20210823\/iran-1746827958.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">owed<\/a> Russia $500 million for past work on the country\u2019s nuclear program. Russia could not access this money due to Trump administration sanctions that blocked Tehran from accessing funds held in Japanese and South Korean banks. These sanctions are set to be lifted as part of the upcoming nuclear deal.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration took <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-iran-donald-trump-iran-nuclear-antony-blinken-d27d88cbff7e61ef18c11bfd68d2a60a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preemptive steps<\/a> in February to unwind nuclear sanctions impacting Iran, Russia, and China. Sanctions waivers issued by the administration at that time were viewed as an upfront concession to Iran and allowed Russia to restart its nuclear projects in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department would not comment beyond Price&#8217;s Tuesday remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The concessions being made in negotiations over the nuclear accord were recently <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/russia-tehran-beijing-and-moscow-aligned-to-win-us-concessions-on-nuclear-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touted<\/a> by Russia\u2019s top negotiator, Mikhail Ulyanov. He said last week that Iran, Russia, and China partnered in talks to ensure the United States grants a bouquet of perks benefiting each of those countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am absolutely sincere in this regard. Iran got much more than it could expect,&#8221; Ulyanov said. &#8220;Much more. \u2026 Realistically speaking, Iran got more than frankly I expected, others expected. This is a matter of fact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noronha warned that the final agreement will help legitimize Moscow at a time when it should be isolated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Providing Rosatom a guaranteed $10 billion lifeline right now is just another example of how this administration is undermining all its anti-Russia rhetoric with hidden technical concessions that keep Putin and his cronies\u2019 companies afloat,&#8221; Noronha said. &#8220;It\u2019s got to stop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Security Biden admin will waive sanctions so Russia can build contested nuclear plant  Russian president Vladimir Putin and Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei (Alexei Druzhinin\/AFP via<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}