John Kerry

The U.S. sees Iran clearly for what it is: the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism.

Without sanctions relief from the United States, Iran would not disconnect centrifuges, or get rid of its uranium stockpile, or fill the core of the current Arak reactor with concrete.

I thank them for their extraordinary service, and I would remind them that the United States of America will never take the sanctions off Qasem Soleimani.

If, indeed, they are meaning to translate their slogans of 'death to America, death to Israel' into policy, then getting rid of the nuclear weapon is everybody's first imperative here.

The President's policy is they won't get it.

We should also make it very, very clear that under the United States initiative, Qasem Soleimani will never be relieved of any sanctions.

Last week, Secretary Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the U.S. will work to enforce UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which prohibits the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah.

I never said we should apologize.

Because we won't deal in good faith.

We specifically turned around a convoy recently in the last months that was bringing weapons to Yemen.

I believe one person may have read it at the--at the facility but doesn't have it.

The President of the United States is not mandating war. He is not--doesn't want to go war.

No, Senator. Could I answer that? It actually does not.

Congress will be fully briefed on this agreement in a classified session.

If we believe that there has been a violation related to any commitment in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), we can refer the issue to the Joint Commission.

Nothing in the resolution requires the United States to take any action that would be inconsistent with the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015.

Well, we believe so. The President believes it. Our intel community believes it.

Secretary Kerry, those entities and Qasem Soleimani will ultimately receive sanctions relief from this deal.

No, I haven't read it.

The JCPOA has the effect of strengthening Iran's position in the region at a point when other powers in the region.

Iran's destabilizing activities in the region are a top concern of the Administration.

This is America's interest, because America is the principal guarantor of security in the region.

It is very disturbing, it is very troubling, and we will have to wait and see.

Congress will always have a role, obviously, and you have made that crystal clear in a context of what we are doing here now.

I do agree. I think the sanctions and other strategic designs. But I think, essentially, the sanctions are what crystalized their timing.