I have taken the initiative to meet with both the British and French ambassadors recently and to just reinforce my view that there are sanctions that remain on the books that we will enforce and that we intend to enforce.

I think there is a lot that we can do.

I do think it is important to do. I think it is important that we be in a position to actually executive the snapback of sanctions if it comes to that.

They remain a nuclear threat because the knowledge of how to enrich uranium and produce a weapon is widely distributed amongst their technical and engineering staff.

my willingness to support the JCPOA was rooted in a clear-eyed commitment to holding this administration and the next accountable for active enforcement of the JCPOA

When they are frightened, they get aggressive, and they do not get aggressive in a good way.

I have seen him summon the strength and resolve to protect the lives of Americans while never forgetting the values and principles that make us who we are.

no deal is better than a bad deal

in January many Members of Congress will call for the swift renewal of the Iran Sanctions Act, which expires at the end of 2016

I think we have to continue and increase our interdiction both of weapons flows and capital flows going to terrorist proxies in the region.

The United States, as well as other Council members, has appropriately and firmly condemned these violations.

we are negotiating for them to retain enough enrichment capacity

We have to work together-- in that same spirit of resolve that led to the JCPOA--to support the implementation of this nuclear deal.

We will continue to hold Iran accountable for violations of the measures imposed by this Council.

I am concerned that centrifuge R&D also be a central part of the negotiations.

I fear that it is going to require the United States actually stepping up and pushing back on the Iranians.

All of us are very pleased by the JCPOA. We are glad this exists.

The right of inventors to profit from their inventions has been a bedrock principle of this country and has succeeded, perhaps beyond the wildest dreams of our Founding Fathers.