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The permanent members of the UN Security Council—the UK, China, France, Russia, and the United States—joined by Germany and Iran have begun talks to lift sanctions against Iran if a nuclear agreement is reached, Reuters news agency reported, quoting Western officials. A UN resolution would make it more difficult for the U.S. Congress to undo a deal that constricts Iran's nuclear activity. The talks comes days after U.S. Senators sent a letter to Iran warning that a deal inked by the Obama administration could be revoked by Congress. Negotiations for a nuclear deal between the United States and Iran are slated to resume (U.S. State Department) between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Javad Sharif on March 15 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Negotiators are seeking to reach a nuclear framework agreement deal by the end of March.
The permanent members of the UN Security Council—the UK, China, France, Russia, and the United States—joined by Germany and Iran have begun talks to lift sanctions against Iran if a nuclear agreement is reached, Reuters news agency reported, quoting Western officials. A UN resolution would make it more difficult for the U.S. Congress to undo a deal that constricts Iran's nuclear activity. The talks comes days after U.S. Senators sent a letter to Iran warning that a deal inked by the Obama administration could be revoked by Congress. Negotiations for a nuclear deal between the United States and Iran are slated to resume (U.S. State Department) between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Javad Sharif on March 15 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Negotiators are seeking to reach a nuclear framework agreement deal by the end of March.
ANALYSIS
"If
negotiations collapse, the United States will take the blame from Europe and the
sanctions regime will unravel. And here’s the best-case scenario: Any military
action against Iran will set its nuclear program back, at best, a couple of
years. But the anger will last generations," warns Jeffrey Lewis in Foreign
Policy.
"The
impending deal is not final. For cultural and political reasons, Iran may never
agree to any deal, even one as advantageous as this one. Yet, unless the United
States dramatically reverses the concessions it has made, this deal will not defer the threat of war, but
accelerate it," writes Gabriel Scheinmann in Time.
"If
negotiators can close remaining gaps, the P5+1 agreement with Iran would be a major boost for U.S./and international
security, for Israel and our other allies in/the region,/and for global efforts
to prevent proliferation. Congress should be careful not to play the role of
spoiler," argues Daryl G. Kimball in the National Interest.
