Have those sanctions in place. Let me ask this to the secretary. Is the president willing to make a clear and unequivocal statement not that all options are on the table, because iran does not believe thats a credible threat, that under no circumstances will iran be permitted to acquire a Nuclear Weapon . Secretary kerry . Did you hear my question . The i apologize this is my question. Is president obama willing to make a clear and unequivocal statement, not that all options are on the table, because i think if you talk to our intill against people iran does not believe there is a credible military threat that iran under no circumstances will be permitted to acquire a Nuclear Weapon. Absolutely. He has said that. He said all options are on the table the president has said very clearly under no circumstances will they be allowed to get a Nuclear Weapon and in fact i think ash carter reiterated very publicly, but can no im sorry. I have limited time. You have been with the iranians for t
Pleased that yesterday a member of your caucus acknowledges however, the full sentence was anytime, anywhere in the sense of a welldefined process with a welldefined end time so i am pleased that we have established that. In fact, the iaea can request access to any suspicious location with 24 hours notice under the Additional Protocol which iran will implement. The deal does not change that baseline. The issue if an agreement is not reached then when the iaea requests access the 24day clock will start. This is a new tool a finite time, a new tool for resolving disputes within what we think is a short period of time and short is defined because of our confidence in environmental sampling that we will be able to have to implement to detect microscopic traces of materials even after attempts are made to remove the evidence of activities with Nuclear Material. In fact, irans history provides a good example. In february of 2003, the iaea requested access to a suspicious facility in tehran,
Behavior, by holding out the prospect of relief if the worlds concerns were addressed. Once the iaea verifies that iran has taken key steps to rollback its Nuclear Program and extend its breakout time to at least one year, sanctions relief would come into effect. There is no signing bonus. To be clear, there will be no immediate changes to you in, eu, or u. S. Sanctions. Only if iran fulfills the necessary nuclear conditions will be u. N. Suspend secondary sanctions on a limited basis. Of course we must guard against the possibility that i run iran does not uphold it set of the deal. If iran violates its commitments once we have suspended the sanctions, we will be able to snap that vote to the u. S. And human sections. Since prohibiting the human stamp act requires a prohibitive vote from the un Security Council, the United States has the ability to force every imposition the reimposition of those sections. We will maintain significant sections that follow outside the scope of the nucl
Appropriate review for congress. It allows us to take action, or we dont have to take action. It recognizes the fact that the sanction regime was passed by congress and that we have a role to play in regards to implementing any agreement as we now see in the jcpoa, that congress has a role to play. So its set up an orderly process. And this hearing is part of that process. It took you two years to negotiate this agreement. It took you two months in vienna to get to the final details. Were on day 4 of our review of 60 days. I have not reached the conclusion. And i would hope that most members, i would hope the members of the congress would want to get all the information allow those who are directly involved to make their case. We have hearings set up next week and the following week, and well get outside experts. Many of us have taken advantage of that opportunity in the past. And i would hope that weve all used that opportunity before drawing a conclusion. This is a very important agr
Action against iran particularly in light of additional resources, can we do that and can Congress Work with the administration to strengthen those tools without violating the jcpla . I want to know how the administration is updating its Regional Strategies against the various iranian activities and how we are going to work with our partners to build up their capacities to counter iran especially israel. The chairman mentioned the lifting of the International Arms embargo. That is a great concern. How will it impact the arms race in that region of the world . These are questions that we need to get the best information we can in making our decisions. And lastly, let me mention this because i think it is critically important. What are our options if United States walks away . How will we be perceived internationally . Will we be able to maintain effective enforcement of sanctions with our International Partners and will iran come back to a negotiating table with a country that has walke