The US State Department has officially transferred the complex text of an Iran nuclear deal to American politicians, firing the starting gun on what is set to be a bitter Congress battle.
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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told NBC’s Lester Holt last week that the 24-day notice is like giving a drug dealer “time to flush a lot of meth down the toilet”.
After stopping in at a meeting between Vice President Joe Biden and committee Democrats, Sen.
Secretary of State John Kerry, who led the USA delegation to the talks with Iran, was asked on “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace” why the deal did not provide for inspections anywhere anytime. “And we’re going to work very hard”. Khamenei said a historic nuclear deal with world powers reached this week wont change Irans policy toward the arrogant government of the United States.
“If more is needed in the future, then we will do more“, he said.
Until a decision is made by Congress, Obama can not ease the sanctions imposed on Tehran, part of the pledge agreed in the JCPOA. The top USA and Iranian diplomats met for a sixth consecutive day on Sunday to try to resolve obstacles to a nuclear accord, including when Iran would get sanctions relief and what advanced research and development it may pursue.
A vote to disapprove the pact wouldn’t necessarily be the end.
German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, left, and Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh, hold a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 20, 2015. “I mean honestly, it’s presumptuous of some people to suspect that France, Russia, China, Germany and Britain ought to do what the Congress tells them to do”.
“Well I don’t believe that’s right actually”.
Conscious of that diplomatic difficulty, Gabriel kicked off his trip with a plea for Iran to improve relations with arch-enemy Israel and said Germany would like to act as a mediator.
Netanyahu says the deal endangers his nation, the area and the world and there was no method Israel might really feel protected if it takes impact. And I obviously make my case..
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a sermon during the Eid al-Fitr prayer in Tehran on Saturday. Lifting the sanctions, he said, frees up money for Iran to spend on further arming terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
The hawkish American Israel Public Affairs Committee is waging an all-hands-on-deck campaign to convince lawmakers that they should reject the deal.
The resolution places restrictions on the transfer to Iran of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes for a decade.
“This is a good deal”, Carter said.
Back in Washington, Think tanks are releasing reams of reports and analyses. Experts on nuclear weapons and foreign policy are testifying at committee hearings. And if opponents of the deal carry the debate, he warned, he will nullify their vote with a presidential veto. “It is a major political deal”.
In addition to the council’s expected endorsement of the Iranian nuclear deal, the 15-member body will also reportedly discuss Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.
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Even as tensions between the USA and Israel have grown over how to contain Iran’s nuclear program has grown, the US-Israel defense relationship has deepened in recent years. But that deal fell apart after the North was found to have been running a secret nuclear program. “Obama is caving to Iran”, the ad says.
