Thomas M. Countryman: “I think our policies have not been thoughtful relative to how we deal with these nuclear and other weapons of mass…”

We believe that, through JCPOA, Iran has given up its ambition of a nuclear weapon and has submitted to an international structure of intervention and compliance.

It would be grasped by supporters of a nuclear program in Iran and by hardliners in Iran to assert that we were an unreliable interlocutor.

This Agreement is an example of the strength of our bilateral relationship.

The implementation of the Framework could not have been achieved absent the serious consideration of the use of force by the United States.