US House votes to renew sanctions against Iran, Syria’s backers

“The big victor in the aftermath of a Trump victory is Iran’s Supreme Leader”, Suzanne Maloney, an Iran expert at the Brookings Institution, told Reuters.

“We obviously believe in the importance of the Iran deal, which had significantly rolled back Iran’s nuclear program and averts yet another conflict in the Middle East”, said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security advisor.

Each side has leverage: Iran doesn’t want a new onslaught of US -led economic pressure and America would be alarmed by any Iranian escalation of its nuclear program. Some quietly express optimism that the real estate tycoon would be open to negotiations in other areas dividing Washington and Tehran.

Now that Western sanctions against Iran have been scrapped under the agreement, European Union countries are keen on rebuilding business ties in oil-rich Iran, which offers Western exporters a promising market of about 79 million people.

“My suspicion is that when the president-elect comes into office … he will look at the facts”, Obama said at a news conference. “I think the beginning point is for us to cause them to strictly adhere [to the deal]”.

The Obama administration and other world powers reached an agreement past year in which Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

Like numerous other Republican presidential candidates, Trump was an early and staunch opponent of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the controversial nuclear deal concluded last summer between six world powers and Iran.

“Iran’s policy for constructive engagement with the world and the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions have made our economic relations with all countries expanding and irreversible”, Rouhani added. The United States, along with other countries, will no longer have the ability to keep a close-eye over Iran’s nuclear advancements. The deal came into force in January. “Their evil was always directed toward the Iranian nation”.

Albright says a lot depends on Trump’s still-unnamed foreign policy team. On Nov. 15, Donya-e Eqtesad wrote, “In his interview on CBS” “60 Minutes’ Trump did not say a word about Iran and the nuclear deal”.

Trump has signaled he would seek greater cooperation with Russian Federation in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Lawmakers from both parties said they hoped bipartisan support for a tough line against Iran would continue under the new president.

Russian Federation sanctions. The Trump administration may also seek revisions to the Russian Federation sanctions regime, many aspects of which are implemented by Executive Order and subject to change based on executive discretion. “Despite Trump’s harsh comments on the nuclear deal during his presidential campaign, he has taken a softer position on Iran since he has been elected president”.

“The most important thing is that the future US president sticks to agreements”. “Trump is at the end of the day a businessman”.

Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) and Airbus’ deal with Iran to sell large number of commercial jets is under increased pressure; however, according to a recent news, ormer President Barack Obama’s administration is looking ahead to veto legislation that wants to block the deal.

“All three – Gingrich, Bolton and Giuliani – are subversive against the Iranian regime”, said Hojjat Kalashi, a secular analyst.