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Sen. Chuck Schumer has become the highest-ranking Democrat to date to voice his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal. The New York Senator is among the most influential Jewish lawmakers in the United States.

“The truth of the matter is, inside of Iran, the people most opposed to the deal are the Revolutionary Guard, the Quds Force, hardliners who are implacably opposed to any cooperation with the worldwide community”, Obama added. It must vote on the nuclear agreement by...

“I will vote to disapprove the agreement, not because I believe war is a viable or desirable option, nor to challenge the path of diplomacy“, Schumer said in a statement posted on Medium.

Angus King of Maine, Tim Kaine of Virginia, and New York Democratic Sen. That includes Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, who expressed his opposition Thursday night. Engel’s announcement made him the second major Jewish...

A powerful Democrat says he’s opposing President Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. Pressure on them and other Jewish lawmakers had grown as Israel’s government, and some pro-Israel lobbying groups, said the agreement would open the way for Iran to get a nuclear...

“This has made evaluating the agreement a hard and deliberate endeavor, and after deep study, careful thought and considerable soul-searching, I have decided I must oppose the agreement and will vote yes on a motion of disapproval”.

In a webcast Tuesday aimed at American Jews, Netanyahu called that argument “utterly false” and said Israel wants peace, not war.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin said that efforts to create the United Nations tribunal were premature and counterproductive, since an investigation into what happened, led by the Dutch transportation safety board and due to report in October, is still ongoing.

Dempsey said that while the nuclear deal did prevent Iran from producing an atomic weapon, it did not address other concerns about Tehran’s malign activities in the region.

However, it contains a “snap back” mechanism that will reverse the lifting of sanctions if Tehran breaches the deal it signed last week with the P5+1 group of countries – China, France, Russia, the UK, the US and Germany.

The agreement is expected to face its biggest challenge in the U.S. Congress, for which a 60-day period began Monday to review it before voting on whether or not to endorse it.

The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution endorsing a deal that placed long-term curbs on Iran’s nuclear program and starts a process to remove UN sanctions against the country.

With the adoption of the resolution here, the 15-nation body endorsed the landmark nuclear deal entered into between Iran and P5+1 nations of China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, plus Germany last week. The 14-page U.N. resolution is legally binding...

The resolution allows for supply of ballistic missile technology and heavy weapons, such as tanks and attack helicopters, to Iran with Security Council approval, but the United States has pledged to veto any such requests.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully says the failure of the Security Council to adopt a resolution seeking to establish an global tribunal to provide accountability for the downing of flight MH17 is deeply disappointing.