The comments came during a visit to Tehran to meet with President Hassan Rouhani and reopen Britain’s embassy – which still bear traces of hostility with “Death to England” graffiti scrawled on the wall – nearly four years after it was closed.
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) gives a speech announcing he will not support President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal at Seton Hall University on August 18, 2015 in South Orange, New Jersey.
A prominent Democratic senator said on Tuesday he would oppose an agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme in a fresh sign of trouble for President Barack Obama as he seeks to secure support for the deal from lawmakers.
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“Such statements misrepresent the way in which we will undertake this important verification work”, global Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano said. “They do not compromise our … standards in any way”.
Iran’s atomic energy agency has dismissed a media report that Iranian experts, instead of the worldwide Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff, will inspect the country’s nuclear sites.
The disclosure sparked a firestorm of criticism from GOP lawmakers and presidential candidates who think the Obama administration made too many concessions during negotiations for the broader nuclear agreement between Tehran and Western powers.
The US can not persuade countries like India and China to join the Iranian sanctions regime again, Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said as he warned the Congress against rejecting the nuclear deal with Iran.
The Republican leader added, “The Obama administration has a lot of explaining to do”. The agreement forces Iran to limit its nuclear program and subject most parts of it to a new inspections regime. Entrusting Iran to verify itself turns what is a bad deal into a...
Amid rising concerns about the proposed Iran nuclear deal, the Obama administration is struggling in its efforts to drum up support for it and demonizing those who dare oppose it.