Sen. Al Franken moves from “leaning towards” to “support” on Iran deal

“Hence, no nuclear accord should provide Iran with an unearned “express pass” to global legitimacy”, the board said.

Samore is a non-proliferation expert who advised President Barack Obama during his first term and helped devise a strategy to win worldwide support for far-reaching economic sanctions against Iran to force the Islamic Republic to the negotiating table.

If he announces he is a “no” as predicted, he will join New York Sen.

The world must be prepared for a strengthening of Iranian proxies in the region.

But his decision to support the deal put him at odds with the anti-Iran group he headed, which quickly replaced him with former U.S. senator Joseph Lieberman, a strong opponent of the deal who wants a return to negotiations for a better deal. “This deal is not about trusting the Iranian regime, but instead working with our allies on comprehensive, verifiable restrictions to block Iran’s pathways to a nuclear bomb without precipitating another war in the Middle East”.

This agreement is, in my opinion, the most effective, realistic way to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon anytime in the next 15 years. Most Republicans in the House and Senate oppose the deal.

What would members of Congress hope to achieve in rejecting the negotiated agreement?

This was said by Monmouth College Illinois, US, Prof Dr Farhat Haq while speaking at a seminar titled “Iran nuclear agreement and the US domestic politics”, organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Thursday. He emphasized the U.S. “will know if they try to break out” and secretly develop a nuclear weapon. “So they are not in material breach of the nuclear agreement for violating the arms piece of it”.

Greenblatt urged Congress to vote against the current deal and demand a better one that will require Iran to change its behavior. “We need to recognize the strategic challenges posed by Iran and propose to address them with new consensus around a regional strategy, one that reflects our democratic values and highest ideals”.

Saudi Arabia spent more than $80 billion on its military last year, trailing only the United States and China, according to the worldwide Institute for Strategic Studies. “However, I can not support this agreement before Congress”. There is also little confidence in the deal’s ability to improve the relationship between Iran and the United States. Charles Chamberlain, the executive director of Democracy for America, which describes itself as a progressive political action committee, told the The Hill newspaper, “Senator Schumer was wrong when he voted to back the war with Iraq and he’s wrong to work with Republicans to kill this nuclear deal with Iran”.