I think we all would acknowledge that prior to the nuclear agreement, Iran's economy was in pretty bad shape.
I understand they still have obligations under their nonproliferation treaty. They still have obligations with the addit...
We also have made clear we reserve the right to put additional sanctions in place to address concerns about terrorism, h...
The terms of this deal achieve the purpose they were meant to achieve: blocking Iran's paths to a nuclear bomb.
I want to thank Secretary Kerry, Secretary Moniz, and Secretary Lew, and your entire negotiating team.
If Congress were to say these sanctions cannot be lifted, it would not be any different than the snapback that we now ha...
The Iran Sanctions Act expires at the end of 2016. Congress may well want to extend that law so that that power is avail...
If they are used to enhance their economic fairness to its citizens, I think all of us would say that we should well sup...
Let's be honest, we would have already passed legislation here, but the fact is the administration is pushing back again...
But the question is, where do we set the priorities, and how do we draw those lines, and under what conditions?
I do not think there is any disagreement here about enforcing our sanctions for non-JCPOA activities.
How can we learn the lesson for how we impose sanctions for their nuclear activities and figure out a way that we can ma...
Sanctions were really having a major impact.
But if it is used to enhance their support for terrorism or to use it to advance a ballistic missile program, then obvio...
We made clear in the negotiations that we retained the ability and we were going to keep in place sanctions on terrorism...
I believe that you have crossed a new threshold in U.S. foreign policy where now it is the policy of the United States t...
I think I probably started this month solely focused on the framework on inspections and verification as being the most ...
There is not a single Iranian official from whatever political tendency that suggests it will not embark on an industria...