Iran Condemns US Senate Vote to Extend Sanctions

Corker, who had opposed the Iran deal after it was crafted, is among those who have met with the president-elect and has been mentioned as a potential nominee for secretary of state. He also criticised sanctions that blocked USA companies from Iran and noted the difficulty of discarding a deal with United Nations backing.

Iranian media reported Sunday that 145 lawmakers – half of the 290-member parliament – have signed a petition to boycott all American-made products.

Such a bill could also endanger deals including US planemaker Boeing’s tentative accord to sell passenger jets to Iran, upgrading a fleet long deteriorating due to sanctions.

“The ISA provides the legislative authority for numerous sanctions on Iran that were lifted, but may be reimplemented if Iran violates the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA”. “In order to have snap-backs, you have to have the sanctions regime in place”.

In May, Iran, India and Afghanistan signed a trilateral deal in Tehran to boost regional trade and economic cooperation by developing Iran’s Chabahar port, which would serve as a transit route connecting the three countries. These pre-date the controversy around Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Previous reports have indicated as much that Apple has been working on an autonomous vehicle-based project since 2014.

“I recommended against ripping up the deal [when Trump enters office]”, McInnis said.

“Iran is making this up”.

On delivery of S300 missile defense system, Ghasemi believed that Russia had been committed to agreement with Iran on missile system and that the deal had advanced to certain points, with Russians remaining true to delivering the system.

“As flawed as the JCPOA was in my view, the Iranians will know the consequences of any breach”, said Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey.

Of course, there is a distinct possibility that Trump will simply scuttle the JCPOA and let the chips fall where they may, even if it means angering US’s European allies, who are presently consumed by the welter of their own internal problems.

Tehran has protested against the renewal of the ISA warning that it could jeopardize the nuclear agreement.

“As repeatedly stated by high-ranking Iranian officials, the recent bill passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate to renew sanctions against Iran is against the [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] and us obligations, under worldwide law, not to interfere in domestic and global affairs of other countries”.