WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE JCPOA

FloridaFor Those Who Accuse President Obama And Secretary Of State John KerryOf Caving, The Other Five Partners In This Negotiation Also Had To ApproveThe Agreement. United States Action Alone Could Not Have Forced Iran ToNegotiate. We Had Tried That Since 1979.“Inspectors will raise issues if they suspect Iran is violating the agreement. Iran willget two weeks to respond. If the inspectors are not satisfied, the United States, itsfive negotiating partners — Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia — theEuropean Union and Iran have another week to resolve the issue. If Iran is found tobe in violation, sanctions could return within 65 days. Analysts also note that it wouldtake just five votes to reimpose the sanctions, so if Iran and its sympathizers, Chinaand Russia, tried to block their return, they could be outvoted by the U.S., Britain,France, Germany and the European Union. For those who accuse President Obama andSecretary of State John Kerry of caving, the other five partners in this negotiation alsohad to approve the agreement. United States action alone could not have forced Iran tonegotiate. We had tried that since 1979. The United Nations and the European Unionimposed their own sanctions, prompted in large part by the disputed 2009 re-election ofIran’s vitriolic president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The 2013 election of reform-mindedHassan Rouhani provided Obama with an opportunity, and he took it. The agreementwill not end the mutual distrust between Iran and the U.S. Americans remember thehostage-taking 36 years ago and our label ‘The Great Satan.’ Iranians remember thatthe U.S. overthrew their democratically elected leader in 1953 and replaced him withthe shah. Since the Islamic revolution, the life expectancy in Iran is longer, its infantmortality is lower and its access to health care is higher. Iran is a country of 80 millionpeople in a region where boil is the constant setting. It makes no sense to distanceourselves…The agreement is progress. If Congress passes legislation to block the deal,Obama should veto it — in the national interest.”– Sun Sentinel, 7/15/15