Reaction that happened over there. Over the past five months commemorating the breakthrough and experiencing the longterm impact but of that original event sunday five years ago. It brings social science into theho conversation the panelist will be introduced in just a moment as a scholar of International Relationsur and securitywp to offer viewpoints on military decisions of the formationn of alliances so this event is sponsored of the social sciences of university ofhe chicago and from the university of chicago politics thinks to each of those organizations for their support. So ill introduce a moderator as a panelist when he comes up. From the chiefef content philosopher has covered everything from politics to pop culture and numerous public radio stations. From 2012 through 2017 from the institute of politics and to claim those Public Events with Civic Engagement programs with that partnership edwards is University Chicago intellect got his bachelors degree and was a wallace fellow
Produce oil in iran, so they invested that billion dollars, so they are performing under that contract, they are producing x barrels a day, and they did that after the sanctions were lifted, could they continue under that contract or not . Mr. Nephew my understanding is no. At the moment the snapback is triggered the b. P. Staff and whatever financing is still going on or Technical Assistance going on has to be stopped. The United States government will now not sanction them for having built the plant in the first place. Senator corker you agree with that . Chairman zarate im not sure. Its a question how it gets interpreted. This can be affected by the nature of the snapback if there is a tailored snapback, this could be impacted by the nature of the contract itself. There could be special purpose vehicles created to contend with this provision to ensure the continuity of the actions. I think you could have parties at the u. N. , permanent five, arguing that as long as the continued ac
Cuba a position that the president also supports. I want to read from you a piece from the miami herald, and get your reaction from it. They write that they have yet to see any significant action from the castro regime that would enhance the Civil Liberties of the cuban people. Do you disagree with that statement . Mr. Earnest what we have seen, john, are some steps like human government has taken, both in terms of releasing some clinical prisoners, and giving the cuban population greater access to information. They are steps that the government previously resisted. I think that is an occasion of some forward progress. I think the other thing i would acknowledge is that our expectations is that the kind of policy changes that the president initiated just seven or eight months ago is strongly in the best interest of the United States and cuban people in the longterm. What we saw is the previous policy that was in place for more than 50 years did not yield any progress that anyone could
Delisted is controlled by the Supreme Leader khomeini. It was designated in 2013 as the known as the eiko a group of companies, includes Gray Investment company, a couple of banks, and their investment arm which is the investment arm on the tehran stock exchange. This eiko was listed under an executive order which was not a Nuclear Related sanction but it was a sanction addressing deceptive financial practices and the risk they posed to the integrity of the International Financial system. In 2013, the u. S. Treasury designated them, along with 37 subsidiaries, stating that they continue to generate and control massive off the books investments shielded from the view of the iranian people and international regulators. Weve also talked about the amount of money that will be freed up to iran. Its been characterize being between 100 billion to 250 billion. Secretary lew spent time at the hearing last week talking about how it may be around 55 billion or so, not 100 billion. Whats the purpo
7 00 tomorrow. We will see you then. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] the president will argue today that it would be a historic mistake if congress blocks the Nuclear Accord with iran. He president will frame the decision before lawmakers as the equential foreignpolicy issue since the decision to go to war with iraq. He needs the backing of enough democrats to fight gop opposition. The white house says it has enough democratic support to a pulled a veto. Read more at the hill. Com. We will have live coverage of the president s speech today at American University starting at 11 20 a. M. Eastern. To post yourble thoughts on facebook and twitter. After the president s speech we will be taking your phone calls. Coverage on capitol hill over on cspan3 getting underway momentarily. The Senate Banking committee on the iran sanctions. That hearing is underway. Following on cspan3. Agreement with National Security experts also talking about the role of the International