Aggressive lobbying from Israeli Prime Minister Bibi
Netanyahu and U.S. lawmakers, the Iranian role in fight against the Islamic
State in Iraq, and the Saudi Arabia-led military operation in Yemen. The final
deadline for a deal to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is June
30, when the interim agreement in place since 2013 expires. Harf said the March
marker was intended as an “action-forcing mechanism,” but she declined to
answer whether the U.S. would walk away Tuesday if a preliminary framework
weren’t reached. Whether it’s Iran’s destabilizing activities throughout the
region, their support for terror around the world and their unjust detention of
Americans, we’ve got a long list of concerns with Iran’s behavior. An outline
of a deal has begun to emerge: Iran would agree to dismantle or limit the use
of a number of its centrifuges and facilities, as well as give up or at least
dilute its stockpile of low-enriched uranium, in order to limit its “breakout
time” to at least a year, for up to 10 years. Iran would also submit to regular
inspections, in exchange for the U.S. lifting sanctions. Inevitably, any
potential agreement will be controversial — particularly in the U.S., where
though nearly 60 percent of Americans support an agreement with Iran that would
lift sanctions in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program, many
Republican lawmakers have sought to derail the talks. Several of the
Iranian-trained, equipped and led Shiite militias helping Iraqi Security Forces
in their push to oust the Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Tikrit have
withdrawn from the operation at the insistence of the U.S., which made it a
condition for providing air support, according to the Pentagon.
Clifton Coleman
April 3, 2015
12:35 pm
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