Though the United States has yet to secure a final deal to restrain Irans nuclear program, an influential pair of hawks in Washington have already devised a way for Congress to unravel any potential agreement after the ink is dry. The plan, obtained by Foreign Policy, calls on Congress to oppose the lifting of financial sanctions on Iran until it proves that its entire financial sector, including the Central Bank of Iran, has sworn off support for terrorism, money-laundering, and proliferation. Some of those topics havent been part of the ongoing U.S.-led talks with Tehran, which means that linking sanctions relief to those conditions after a deal is made would likely drive the Iranians off the wall, say experts. Tehran would likely see any such measures as moving the goalposts and as evidence that the United States wasnt genuinely interested in backing up its end of the deal. thecable.foreignpolicy/posts/2014/06/27/exclusive_the_hawks_playbook_for_opposing_an_obama_nuclear_deal_with_iran
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 16:41:52 +0000
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