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On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
Our international partners believe that the United States, if it is perceived as acting prematurely through additional nuclear-related sanctions legislation in the absence of a provocation or a violation by Iran, their willingness to enforce the existing sanctions regime, much less add additional sanctions in the event of the failure of the negotiations, that is likely to be diluted.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez warns that premature sanctions could weaken international support for enforcing existing sanctions on Iran.

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