Washington, D.C.
After narrowly getting the Iran Nuclear Treaty deal
passed through Congress this year, the Obama administration is setting its sights
on a new deal that would change the “Death to America” chant that Iranians use at
rallies every time America is mentioned.
In an interview with the lead negotiator from the
US State Department, he stated, “It has become very clear that this is a
serious problem for US-Iranian relations right now, and especially for
Democrats who want a more conciliatory relationship with Iran. Every time we
try to put an olive branch out there, we see news footage of some Iranian rally
shouting ‘Death to America’. The American people simply cannot accept this. We
are now involved in new negotiations to try to change this chant to something
else.”
It has been learned by SNS that Iranians have put
forward several proposals that offer a more conciliatory tone. One proposal put
forth by negotiators is to change the chant to simply “Illness to America”, but
the Iranians insisted on changing the wording of it to “Long and Debilitating
illness to America”; something the US could not accept.
Another proposal was “Death to only a (blank)
percentage of Americans”, but what that percentage is was still deadlocked. The
Iranians also insisted on putting in the words “who are non-Muslim”, which
American negotiators cannot accept.
In an effort to break the deadlock, negotiators
from European nations have put forth the chant “Death to Western Powers” as an
acceptable alternative, but the Soviets feel that it might be construed to
indicate them as well as NATO nations, and oppose it.
Republicans in Congress also want any change in the
Iranians’ chants to also include their “Death to Israel” chant – something that
the Iranians have unequivocally rejected.
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