Kerry: ‘very, very hopeful’ Iran will release detained Americans

Mr Netanyahu reiterated his objections to the deal, saying that it would allow Tehran eventually to obtain nuclear weapons whether by abiding by the agreement or “by cheating and overcoming a porous inspection mechanism”.

The meeting, requested by King Salman, comes after Saudi diplomats privately expressed grave misgivings that the nuclear agreement may legitimize their arch-foe Iran.

― File picLONDON, July 18 ― A landmark nuclear deal with Teheran does not represent an alignment with Iran, British Prime Minister David Cameron said in an interview yesterday.

By law, the administration must submit the deal to Congress, which has 60 days to review the pact and vote to approve, disapprove or remain silent.

The Obama administration is banking on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and other moderates in Iran’s leadership investing most of the anticipated money into domestic infrastructure and other social investments, to quell growing public frustration over unemployment, the high inflation rate and a shortage of imported goods. “It’s an achievement that Iran won’t be called a world threat any more”.

Ahead of his arrival in Israel, Hammond charged that the Jewish state would have opposed any deal with its arch-foe Iran. “Major, that’s nonsense, and you should know better”, Politico quoted Obama.

So he was very blunt: “What a stunning historic mistake”, he said, stressing that Israel is not bound by the deal. “I would say that even those who said yes to the question, the majority of them comprehend those two facts”.

Obama made his case in a nationally televised news conference responding to critics at home and overseas after Iran and six world powers sealed an accord in Vienna on Tuesday to restrict Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

A bill of disapproval, like Roskam’s, should it pass and then survive a presidential veto, would kill the deal.

The deal also addresses United Nations embargoes on conventional weapons, which Iran backed by Russian Federation – sought to remove.

“And if we had walked away from the nuclear deal, we’d still be pushing them just as hard to get these folks out”. Israel is alarmed about Tehran backing its enemies Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria and has accused Tehran in the past of being behind attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets overseas, allegations Iran has denied. If Congress votes against the deal, the president would veto that bill and, at this point, he would seem to have the necessary support to sustain it. Iran’s conservative-dominated Parliament wants foreign minister Mr Zarif to brief it on a nuclear deal he negotiated with world powers and will examine the agreement in a “constructive spirit”, official media reported on Wednesday.