
they get sort of the ultimate sanction here, which is, they get to start a nuclear program if they don't like it.
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they get sort of the ultimate sanction here, which is, they get to start a nuclear program if they don't like it.

I think they have to be pushed back on this very hard and IAEA should be revealing much more rather than less.

So the question is, are we in a stronger position 10 years from now or a weaker position?

I echo what you both have said already, that is that the overwhelming conclusion that we walked away from those meetings with was that there is tremendous trepidation about what it is our intention is and what our strategy going forward…

I do take issue with one comment you made earlier that the administration has done everything it can to protect U.S. interests when in this negotiation we did not even mention and negotiated the four hostages.

I think we are very naive in what we are trying to do, and I just look at history.

In spite of this massive agreement that is being put in place, these issues of these four people not being addressed causes a lot of consternation here in our country.

It was always envisioned that we would not have an expedited process for the consideration of the Iran agreement.

I think the American people know that 58 Senators opposed the agreement and 42 supported the agreement.

I think much of the discussion here is to try to shame the administration and shame the U.N. Security Council into taking action.

I am very concerned about the lack of response of the United Nations.

Things have gotten materially worse, not better, since the JCPOA, in terms of domestic security for these four countries that we visited.

It does not seem to me that the evidence is that Iran is trying to join the spirit of the community of nations at all.

Instead, from the administration we got excuses.

I thought we were naive last year. I was criticized for using that word, and yet the attempt here, it seemed to me, was to accommodate Iran in this nuclear deal.

That is not the sign of a country that has been in economic woes for 10 years or more and are now trying to help build their economy and moving away from this nuclear effort.

The IRGC has up to 20 percent to 30 percent of Iran's economy.