Quote:China and Russia are at the table because Iran is a rogue nation like North Korea. Russia is only a third of the super powers they're not going to end sanctions while China and the Unite States keep them. There's no benefit for China to ease up sanctions they don't want a nuclear Iran, they're positioning to leverage against Russia as much as us.

I don't think that is accurate... Russia and China want access to Iran's oil. Remember the big hullabaloo when Russia and China were beginning to open trade negotiations with Iran?


These sanctions that Russia and China agreed to follow were something they wanted to eventually have lifted. This negotiation benefits those two countries. The rogue nation status is a term we use, I'm not sure those other two countries see it the same way.


Also, you got to consider that sanctions mostly hurt the citizens more than the actual government.


Lastly, I think you are right regarding your reply to my time scale fit lifting sanctions. There are certain things that won't be lifted but others that will.


The five year mark is for the sale of conventional arms.

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