Obama to meet with top Saudi official on Iran

The rest of us are merely “infidels” to the religious dictators who are looking to revive their Hidden Mahdi through nuclear destruction and I would give this agreement a big thumbs-down.

Kerry expressed his confidence in the ability of the US and Saudi Arabia to continue to strengthen their cooperation and relationship against the challenges.

Minister Al-Jubeir and Secretary Kerry reiterated their firm commitment to the strong bilateral relationship.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he raised the topic of detained Americans at every meeting he held with Iranians during the final weeks of nuclear negotiations and said he is hopeful Tehran would release them. In his weekly address to the nation, Obama said, “It might not come around again in our lifetimes”.

Obama acknowledged Tuesday that the USA and Iran remain at odds over many issues, including Tehran’s support for terrorism in the Middle East and its detention of several American citizens.

The agreement is a political triumph for Obama, who has made outreach to America’s enemies a hallmark of his presidency, but it is also seen as his biggest foreign policy gamble since taking office in 2009.

The Central Intelligence Agency analysts concluded that even if Tehran increases its support for Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthi rebels in Yemen and the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the additional funding is unlikely to tip the balance of power in the world’s most volatile region. “It will happen in around four months from now”, he said of the formal implementation of the deal.

“With this deal, global inspectors will have access to Iran’s entire nuclear supply chain”.

Netanyahu has been at the forefront of global opposition to the nuclear deal and has openly clashed with the Obama administration and other global powers that negotiated the deal, which lifts sanctions in return for greater restrictions on its nuclear programme.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly opposed the deal, saying it will enable Iran to emerge from crippling economic sanctions while doing nothing to moderate Iran’s aggressive behavior around the Middle East.

President Barack Obama heralded a historic nuclear agreement with Iran Tuesday as an opportunity for the longtime foes to move in a “new direction”, while sharply warning the U.S. Congress that it would be irresponsible to block the accord.