Legislators opposed Rouhani's move as they believe it is a "clear violation" of a bill that was passed on December 2 that required the country to increase its nuclear activities if the Iran nuclear deal was not fully reinstated and sanctions imposed by the Trump administration were not removed.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei suggested Iran may continue enriching uranium up to 60%:
Despite the legal requirement that the government strip away the broad authority the IAEA inspectors have thus far enjoyed if the deadline of 23 February is not met, Rouhani's deal with the UN bypasses that for the next few months.
As the inspectors won't be able to gather information themselves, Iran has agreed to record the monitoring data the UN would normally collect itself. If the US returns to the Iran nuclear deal, this will be handed over to UN inspectors. If US sanctions have not been removed within three months, however, all the data retained over that period by Iran will be destroyed.
With Iran's Supreme National Security Council claiming the deal with the IAEA is compliant with the law, and Iranian lawmakers arguing it's a violation of that law, the judiciary will now be asked to decide which is the correct legal position.
While it's not yet clear what punishment the legislature believes Rouhani should face, the MPs claim that, as "the aforementioned law recognizes the president as the person in charge of implementing it," he should face criminal charges if the judiciary agrees the new deal is illegal.
While the Ayatollah stressed that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, he argued "no one" could stop the country from having them if it wanted to - certainly not the US or "the Zionist clown" (i.e. Israel). Only "Islamic principles" prevent such an outcome, he continued, adding that Iran will not limit its uranium enrichment to 20 percent.
"According to three people familiar with the planning, Trump will soon begin vetting candidates at Mar-a-Lago who are eager to fulfill his promise to exact vengeance upon incumbent Republicans who've scorned him, and to ensure every open GOP seat in the 2022 midterms has a MAGA-approved contender vying for it.Senior Adviser Jason Miller also disclosed the plans for Trump to screen candidate endorsements on Sunday.
"Trump already has received dozens of requests from prospective candidates seeking to introduce themselves and nab his endorsement, and formal meetings with them could begin as early as March.
"Now that Trump has survived his second Senate impeachment trial, he has shifted his focus to post-presidential activism — a venture mostly bankrolled by his new leadership PAC, Save America, which had $31 million in its coffers at the start of this month."
After conducting a review of this manager's conduct, we confirmed that there were multiple violations of our code of conduct, as well as of our security policies, which included the exfiltration of confidential business-sensitive documents and private data of other employees.In January, Google revoked corporate access from AI ethicist Margaret Mitchell for reportedly using automated scripts to find examples of mistreatment of Dr. Timnit Gebru, according to Axios. Gebru says she was fired from Google while Google has maintained that she resigned.
Gebru's termination kicked up a storm of controversy among Google employees well beyond Mitchell, prompting an open letter signed by no fewer than 2,695 Googlers and some 4,300 "academic, industry and civil society supporters" demanding the company explain its decision to fire the researcher.
"The termination is an act of retaliation against Dr. Gebru, and it heralds danger for people working for ethical and just AI - especially black people and people of color - across Google," the letter said.
Comment: See also: