United states congress. They and we understand that if iran had a Nuclear Weapon in context of todays troubles it would be even more problematic. I have spent almost 30 years in the United States senate and i have had the privilege and responsibility of chairing the Foreign Relations committee when we put those sanctions in place, when this regime was put in place, and that is the regime that indeed has brought this negotiation about. We are deeply grateful for congresss supports of the diplomatic path to date. We appreciate their patients. There were those agitating to take action earlier. Responsible voices held off and they helped us get to this moment and we appreciate that. We sincerely hope the members will continue to give us the time and the space that we need to fully explain the political agreement we have reached and to work out the remaining details of a final deal. Before i take a few questions, i just want to take a moment to thank some very important people. The team tha
The United States agreed to drop sanctionsrelated charges against seven iranians being held in this country. At this point, the names of those seven individuals still not being released in the iranian or u. S. Government. Our Nic Robertson is live in vienna for us tonight. Nic, you are waiting for a significant press conference to happen, it will include irans foreign minister. What do we know . Reporter Foreign Policy chief also expected to be there, of course, they were negotiating at opposite sides of the table in the summer. We just heard from the iaea director general, dr. Yukiya amano. Iran is in compliance with all measures it had to take in the first phase of the agreement. This opens the door to some sanctions being lifted on iran. Will freeze unfreeze, rather, tens of billions of dollars of iranian assets. But the director general of the iaea says iran now enters a new phase in its relationship with the iaea, that there will be monitors of the iaea in iran now, that iran must