Vance, who is leading the U.S. negotiations with Iran, said on Monday that the Strait of Hormuz is currently open and that Iran has agreed to allow international inspection of its nuclear program, a safeguard that was part of the deal former President Barack Obama secured with Iran in 2015 and Trump withdrew the U.S. from in 2018 during his first term.
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“When things happen, the sides are actually talking to one another,” Vance said, referring to any potential conflicts between Israel and Lebanon. He added that American and Iranian “technical teams” will continue negotiations “over the weeks and days to come” following the high-level talks in Switzerland.
But it is not yet clear whether Israeli forces’ withdrawal from southern Lebanon is a part of the condition for reaching a final peace deal, who would pay for the $300 billion rehabilitation fund, or how the U.S. would ensure the fund, along with Iranian assets it previously froze, would not be used to fund terrorist activities—issues that critics within Iran and the U.S. have raised concerns over.
“We set the foundation. We haven't built the house, but we've laid a successful foundation to get to a good place for the American people,” Vance said.
An unhappy Congress could scuttle Trump’s deal“The idea that we would have effectively a Marshall Plan for Iran is not remotely in America’s interests,” Cruz said, while adding that he believed Trump “was getting very poor advice on this deal.”
Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, a moderate Republican, also opposed the deal in a social media post, saying “giving Iran leverage is a mistake.”
The dissent from congressional Republicans can’t simply be brushed off by the White House, since Congress established its authority in approving any future Iran nuclear deal in a 2015 law. Under that measure, the president must submit the text of any nuclear-related agreement to Congress within five days of it being finalized, and Congress has 30 days to vote on a resolution of disapproval, which would require a simple majority in both chambers to pass. If Congress passes such a resolution—and overcomes a potential veto from the President, a move that would require a more significant two-thirds majority—the Trump Administration would be prohibited from lifting sanctions on Iran or providing the country any economic relief, essentially nullifying the memo.
“If Iran contests control of the Strait of Hormuz by the United States, we will obliterate them,” Graham said.
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