But he says it’s uncertain if opponents in the House have enough votes to override President Obama’s expected veto of that bill. But his decision was noteworthy because it came just a few days after another Jewish senator, Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York, announced his opposition to the Iran agreement.
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While the White House initially strived to persuade Congress and the public to support the deal on its merits, the summary rejection of the accord by congressional Republicans – in many instances before it was even finalized – forced Obama to resort to hardball political tactics to ensure the deal survives, Samore said.
“It’s critical that we prevent Iran from developing or acquiring a nuclear weapon”, Brown, D-Ohio, said in a statement. Sen.
“I don’t know that this agreement is really going to survive 15 years, in fact my guess is that it probably won’t”, Samore said.
Under the agreement, Iran would halt it’s nuclear program in return for an end of economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies. If the Iranians cheat, our advanced technology, intelligence and the inspections will reveal it, and U.S. military options remain on the table.
The agreement with Teheran, reached in Vienna by the UN Security Council´s five permanent members – Britain, China, France, Russian Federation and the United States, plus Germany, provides for a progressive and conditional lifting of crippling worldwide sanctions, in exchange for guarantees that the Islamic republic will not develop a nuclear bomb.
“It falls into two categories, either accepting Iran as a nuclear power, or going to war with them”, he said. S. and its allies in jeopardy because the safeguards it requires are inadequate.
The White House has “decided that there is no basis to compromise with the Republicans who are going to oppose this agreement no matter what”, said Samore.
As part of the deal, the global Atomic Energy Agency will have to verify that Iran does indeed scale down its facilities, clearing a path towards ending UN, US and EU sanctions. Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi made clear last month that Tehran had no intention of complying with the arms embargo and missile sanctions. “And he’s using every weapon in the arsenal he’s got”, Foxman said. Iran’s hard-line clerics have called for death to Israel and the West, and are dedicated supporters of extremist groups wreaking terror in the other regions of the Middle East, critics say.
He said that European governments could walk away from the U.S.-led sanctions strategy against Russian Federation, that the United States and Israel would have no support for military action against Iran, if such action were necessary, and that the U.S. dollar would lose its status as the reserve currency of the world. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, has come out against the pact.
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“I have deep concerns about the agreement”, Portman said earlier this week. “But I’ve spoken to nearly everybody, not to lobby them. This is another example of another red-line the Administration has drawn but failed to honor”.
