Tehran: US talk of Iran attack violates deal

The trio has been the main sales team in the Obama administration’s effort to sell the deal on the Hill.

It was Carter who wanted the other administration officials to attend, in order to answer technical questions about the deal, McCain said after the hearing. “It was their choice, not mine, that’s all“. Republicans on the Armed Services Committee are skeptical about the agreement. The Foreign Relations Committee has primary jurisdiction over the deal and its review.

“If Iran were to commit aggression, our robust force posture ensures we can rapidly surge an overwhelming array of forces into the region, leveraging our most advanced capability, married with sophisticated munitions that put no target out of reach”, he said.

Ranking member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., pointed out that Carter has a doctorate in theoretical physics, and likely needed no technical backup. The Senate and House of Representatives are expected to vote to approve or disapprove of the nuclear accord in September. “But yes, that was my military recommendation”. “This is an important achievement and a deal that deserves your support”, he added.

The worldwide Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has several side agreements with Iran regarding inspection procedures that neither the U.S. government nor Congress have seen. “It’s big”, Sullivan said, setting up a hypotherical. On July 14, a pending agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions was reached and Kildee encouraged all his colleagues to take a very close look at all it entails.

“That means we have the ability to do everything we can do now if they violate the agreement“, Lew said.

According to the report, Audibert also expressed to Sanchez and Turner some misgivings about the deal that was reached with Iran, including his belief that the deal should have been negotiated to last forever, not start to expire in as few as 10 years.

He said he ultimately he rejected the argument against the deal, in which opponents suggested the U.S. could reject and then renegotiate it to further tighten enforcement on Iran. He warned that walking away would send the wrong message internationally. Gen. Dempsey was asked about that today by Republican Sen. “I assume he’s doing it with a number of people”, Nadler said. “I hadn’t thought about that, senator, and I would like to have the opportunity to do so”, he told Ayotte.

The Iran deal was backed by at least 86 nations including six – China, India, Japan, South Korea, Turkey and Taiwan – that have voluntarily restricted the amount of Iranian oil that they imported, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Thursday.

Sullivan cut him off. He said he wasn’t talking about Iran violating the nuclear agreement, but other bad acts by Iran. I am confident that this deal is in the best interest of America because it is built on verification through four clear objectives: blocking the highly enriched uranium route; allowing no path to plutonium; intensive monitoring; and incentives for compliance. Even if Tehran could claim the entire support of those 15 percent of Muslims who are Shi’a (and it cannot), it would still be at risky loggerheads with both the Sunni Muslim majority, the State of Israel, and non-Muslim minorities in the region-many of whom, like the followers of the gentle Baha’i faith, are viciously persecuted in Iran itself. This part of the deal has been hidden because I have searched multiple different places and they barely mention it all.