The sanctions regime towards Iran would collapse if the Republican-majority Congress have been to “kill” the historic nuclear cope with the Islamic Republic, as nations resembling India, Japan and South Korea would not help any such transfer, the White House has warned.
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“If the U.S. Congress votes to kill this deal, Iran will get all the benefits of this deal without having to give up anything”, spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters. Mark-Kirk (R-Ill.), and Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives, have said they see the Security Council vote as an end-run around Congress.
“The sanctions regime would collapse if Congress were to kill this deal”.
“Congress will have time to assess the proposed Iran agreement, but clearly this is not about Republican versus Democrats, it’s about true security versus false security at a key moment in global history”. He suggested the White House may believe it lived up to the “spirit of the law”.
Because of the sanctions aid that is being provided, Iran is taking a variety of vital steps to curtail their nuclear programme, he stated. “I’m sorry, I look at that as an affront to the American people”. If the United States reneged on the internationally-backed deal after finally getting it done, many nations would probably balk at letting the United States sanctions return unchallenged.
Earnest brushed aside bipartisan concerns over the Obama administration’s request for the United Nations Security Council to vote on ratifying the agreement before the congressional review period is up. He acknowledged being caught off guard by the decision to move forward so quickly in the United Nations body.
Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland, the senior Democrat on the panel, said he also was distressed.
“[T]he Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action fails to address Iran’s egregious human rights record, Iran’s role as the world’s leading state-sponsor of global terrorism and Iran’s unjust imprisonment of innocent United States citizens”, the resolution said.
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“We’ll remain in close consultation with Congress throughout the review period”, Schultz said. “That’s why I think it would be better for them not to do it that way”.
