International understanding to try to stop iran from having a Nuclear Weapon and that is a different circumstance. So in the development of where the iaea was going thisey did come to us for Technical Expertise as they did every other member and in a classified briefing this afternoon i will share with you everything i know about this. Let me ask im also very grateful that the director general on his own cognizance is meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in an informal setting which is extremely unusual because every other country sort of wonders why he is. Did i understand you to say to senator corker that you personally did not see the final document . No. I said i was shown documents that i believe to be the final documents but whether, in fact, there are any further discussions what this is about, senator, are the modalities, the technical modalities that the iaea uses. And i will share with you this afternoon in a classified setting every single thing i know about t
Three days. So it could be 24 days or as short as 13 days. Would it be permissible to address the snap back aspect . At the discretion of the chairman. Youre next. I will take my time and ask quickly to respond to the question. Thank you. I just wanted to speak to one of the premises behind your question. First, i absolutely agree that the more likely scenario we see is small breach is a testing, sticking a toe across the line. And what we need to do then is hit iran in a proportionate way show them that has consequences. Otherwise were asking for larger breaches. And we have to be very serious about that. We have been very clear with our partners we will be serious about that. But there is a premise that ive heard circulating that after the initial sanctions relief iran can somehow immunize itself to further pressure. Therefore it wont care about snap back. That is simply not the case. Irans foreign reserves cant be put in a vault or a mattress in iran in the form of gold or bills. Th
In this context does indefinitely mean that time period has not been established or does it mean perpetually . It means that under this agreement and under the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty, iran is prohibited from pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, updating, acquiring or developing one. Ever, ever. So it really means perpetually, yes. Under the code, does iran have the right to enrich up to weapons grade uranium after the expiration of the cap . No. If they indeed move to enriching to what we would consider weapons grade that will raise a red flag to the entire international community, to the iaea. There are very few circumstances where iran needs to for Peaceful Nuclear purpose of enriching above 5 . One could argue for submarine fuel perhaps but indeed if they went to weapons grade it would raise instantaneous red flags and we would see it as a major noncompliance. Enrichment over 5 start to essentially raises red flag with the exception of submarine fuel speak with submarine fuel and may
Resolution . Of course. But we have kept them on far longer than iran, russia or china wanted them to stay on. We have kept them on article 41, chapter 7, which means they are enforceable. More importantly, we have other u. N. Security Council Resolutions and other tools unilaterally to make sure that where arms are concerned and where missiles are concerned, we can keep moving forward in every way we need to. Thank you. Senator toomey . Thank you, mr. Chairman. I thank the witnesses for appearing today. I want to go back to the issue that was raised by senator corker. Ambassador sherman, the Iran Nuclear Review act of 2015 is abundantly clear, i think, that congress is supposed to receive all the documentation, all the agreement, all the annexes, all the related materials. It says right in the beginning referring to the transmission of agreements the president ial transmit to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership the agreement as defined in subsection h1 shgs includi
And donald trump in the dustup with megyn kelly. He said his comments were quote, appropriate. Shots fired in ferguson, after police and protesters attending a rally to mark one year after the Fatal Shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. And it was a down week for wall street last week with the dow, the nasdaq, s p 500 all losing about 1 . The s p energy sector, the worst performing sector losing by 4 . Utilities the best performing sector. Were keeping an eye, of course, on oil prices which continue to move lower. Dow about 30 points, nasdaq, techheavy nasdaq up by 17. And we do get the sales ahead of a potential fed rate hike still at this point seems to be september. Taking a look at the cnbc global index. Mixed data were looking at. Trade right now index is seeing a gain just around a quarter. A point, as you can see coming off the highs of the day. Interestingly enough, as you take a look at european markets, greece is in fact a part of the discussion, greece hopes to continu