John Kerry actually said...

The promotion of universal human rights and the empowerment of all Cubans must be the bedrock of our policy toward Cuba.

We will continue such talks only if they chart a course for concrete progress on human rights and democratic principles in Cuba.

It is our determination that this kind of environment would be the most propitious to support the only legitimate agent of peaceful and endu...

As part of the JPOA we also committed, within the bounds of our system, not to impose new nuclear-related sanctions while the JPOA is in eff...