Antony Blinken actually said...

If our international partners believe that the United States has acted prematurely by adding new sanctions now in the absence of a provocation or a violation by Iran, their willingness to enforce the existing sanctions regime or to add to it in the event negotiations fail will wane.

01/20/2015

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