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Inspections of these nuclear facilities, something that weve never had. at the same time, though, whether its an uneven bargain, i think it may be uneven in our favor in the sense that what were giving up for a very small amount of financial relief, were gaining a freeze on their nuclear program and a roll back of their nuclear program. in the absence of this deal, if we just continue to negotiate over the next six months trying to get to a final agreement half a year from now, they would be con...

The sanctions congress helped design have been instrumental in bringing iran to this place. again, the sanctions that are on the books will continue to be very vigorously implemented over the next six months. we think we need to give diplomacy a chance to work. we have to see if we can get to yes over the next six months. new sanctions now on top of the ones already in existence and continue to be implemented we fear would be taken as a sign of bad faith not just by iranians but indeed by partne...

Congress is that these daily inspection regimes, the daily inspection regime every day going into these various facilities and keeping a close eye on what it rounds up to, that gifsz the rest of the world leverage and p5 plus 1 leverage if there is the slightest hint, the sanctions come roaring back on. it is not a large amount for the country. the size that has been set back quite dramatically by the sanctions over the past few years, were not paying a huge amount of money for this. but what th...

Components, we stretched out the time and made it harder for iran to have nuclear weapons plutonium and increased warning system. we had good intelligence but couple that with intrusive inspections. if they decide to go towards weapons grade plutonium well know sooner. stretching out the time and getting a better early warning system is a good first step. we need to be skeptical, tough in this period and test the complete sincerity of irans intendings but i think this is a good first step from e...

Fought for his freedom. >> its unacceptable for an american to be thrown in prison for preaching his christian faith. >> statements calling for his release have come from secretary of state john kerry and the white house says president obama even took up the case in a phone call with the iranian president rouhani earlier this fall. but instead of progress, the pastors plight seems to be getting worse. earlier this month, the family learned he has been transferred to a notorious prison where they...

Iranians made it clear they were prepared to have a real discussion and real negotiation, at that point, all of this got channeled through the p-5 plus 1 process. that is, with our partners from europe, russia, china and also making sure that our other partners like israel knew what was going on. >> they released, the white house did, two photos of the president saturday night as he was reviewing i guess information coming in from geneva. there he is with you. hes getting the information. susan ...

Cause divisions within our p5 plus 1 and complicate the diplomacy. lets keep those as leverage. if the iranians cheat or woe dont get a deal at the end of the six months. >> congressman engle, was quoted and noted that the bill was passed in the house by july 400-20 but its difficult for the senate to do sanctions now and we know of course the president has the option to veto. how does the administration deal with the concerns of israel and also put off members of congress who really want to pre...

We will start today, literally, to continue the efforts out of geneva and to press forward. . >> doesnt sound like anybody spiking the football to me. welcome back to "the ed show." now the hard part begins? after more than three decades of diplomatic gridlock between iran and the west, were witnessing possible breakthrough. but secretary of state john kerry made it clear, there is still a lot of work to be done. the historic diplomatic agreement signed early sunday morning in general he hava se...

Coming this news perhaps an opportunity for iran to come out of the cold and the heeasing of the economic hardships they have had to endure. that is certainly not the case across the region. some of the countries that have been following this very closely, united arab emirates did welcome the deal, but officials are skeptical. and in saudi arabia and israel, the governments there have been very skeptical about the united states warming up towards iran over the last 1e6several months. >> what is ...

That will ever happen? >> they talk about the right to especial enrich, which i dont think they have the the right. but if they have nuclear power, it has to be for peaceful purposes and nobody believes they were not building a bomb. so i think its one of these things where we have the p 5 plus 1 and there is an agreement and we have to hold their feet to the fire. iran is the leading supporter of ric terrorism around the world. bad flarplayers in syria and mi east. >> youve listed seven or eigh...