U.S. Congress suggests nuclear deal with Iran not sufficient without grand bargain. HT: JPost.
VIENNA -- Compromise with Iran will not earn the support of Congress if the Obama administration agrees to a deal that solely addresses international concerns with its nuclear program, a commanding majority of the House of Representatives wrote to the White House on Thursday.
Delegations from world powers and Iran have convened in Vienna this week in an attempt to forge a comprehensive nuclear agreement, working against a self-imposed deadline of July 20. The task is a tall order: such a deal has alluded the world's top diplomats for over a decade, since the slow-motion crisis began.
Earning the signatures of 344 members, including the Democratic whip and the speaker of the House, the letter asserts that "the concept of an exclusively defined 'nuclear-related' sanction on Iran does not exist in US law."
"Almost all sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program are also related to Tehran’s advancing ballistic missile program, intensifying support for international terrorism, and other unconventional weapons programs," reads the letter, written jointly by House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and ranking member Eliot Engel (D-NY).
"Similarly," it continues, "many of these sanctions are aimed at preventing Iranian banks involved in proliferation, terrorism, money laundering and other activities from utilizing the US and global financial systems to advance these destructive policies."(Hmmm....Someone should tell NATO 'Ally' Turkey)
US negotiators have suggested that Iran's ballistic missile program, and its endorsement and funding of terrorist activity around the world, are not a part of the negotiation under way in Austria, as Western diplomats focus on the technical challenges of curbing decades-old nuclear work and the feasibility of enforcing such a deal.Hmmm.....Anyone believing the 'Imperial president' will listen to Congress?
Delegations from world powers and Iran have convened in Vienna this week in an attempt to forge a comprehensive nuclear agreement, working against a self-imposed deadline of July 20. The task is a tall order: such a deal has alluded the world's top diplomats for over a decade, since the slow-motion crisis began.
Earning the signatures of 344 members, including the Democratic whip and the speaker of the House, the letter asserts that "the concept of an exclusively defined 'nuclear-related' sanction on Iran does not exist in US law."
"Almost all sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program are also related to Tehran’s advancing ballistic missile program, intensifying support for international terrorism, and other unconventional weapons programs," reads the letter, written jointly by House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and ranking member Eliot Engel (D-NY).
"Similarly," it continues, "many of these sanctions are aimed at preventing Iranian banks involved in proliferation, terrorism, money laundering and other activities from utilizing the US and global financial systems to advance these destructive policies."(Hmmm....Someone should tell NATO 'Ally' Turkey)
US negotiators have suggested that Iran's ballistic missile program, and its endorsement and funding of terrorist activity around the world, are not a part of the negotiation under way in Austria, as Western diplomats focus on the technical challenges of curbing decades-old nuclear work and the feasibility of enforcing such a deal.Hmmm.....Anyone believing the 'Imperial president' will listen to Congress?
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