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14 novembre 2013

Senator: Kerry briefing on Iran was 'fairly anti-Israeli'

Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry failed to convince the Senate Banking Committee not to toughen sanctions on Iran after testifying before the committee. Committee Chairman Sen. Tim Johnson, a South Dakota Democrat, said he has yet to decide on the matter. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he was “dubious” about the deal, is exploring “further details” but “is worried “that we are reducing sanctions while Iran is not reducing its nuclear capabilities.” While democrats remained cautious so as not to directly challenge the administration, republicans spare no criticism. “It was fairly anti-Israeli,” Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) said to reporters after the Senate briefing. “I was supposed to disbelieve everything the Israelis had just told me, and I think the Israelis probably have a pretty good intelligence service.” He said the Israelis had told him that the “total changes proposed set back the program by 24 days.” Kerry warned the committee against scuttling a historic opportunity for a nuclear pact with Iran by pressing ahead with new sanctions while international negotiators seek to prevent Tehran from being able to assemble an atomic weapons arsenal. “Our hope is that no new sanctions would be put in place for the simple reason that, if they are, it could be viewed as bad faith by the people we are negotiating with,” Kerry said before entering a closed-door briefing with members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, according to CNN. “It could destroy the ability to be able to get agreement,” he added, “and it could actually wind up setting us back in dialogue that’s taken 30 years to achieve.”

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