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So, look, this is the place where sober and thoughtful people to dig in. look, i want to see a negotiated agreement. i know that a lot of water has to go under the bridge over the next 90 days. it s very important that congress is in the middle of this, understanding, teasing out, asking those important questions, just like the ones that you begun to ask this morning. but, senator, foreign minister zarif of iran said yesterday if there is no deal or if the west backs out then iran will be freed and continue to resume and build back its nuclear program. and president obama says that sanctions, the existing sanctions prior to this negotiation, didn t stop iran from developing its nuclear program. for instance, 19,000 centrifuges. then the president said this do you really think that this verifiable deal, if fully implemented, backed by the world s major powers is a worse option than the risk of another ....
Bill farrow asked, why would anyone who had iran struggling because of the embargo take such a weak stance in negotiation, but mary ann writes kerry did the best he could. there is no way iran will give up this program. juan, how do you answer bill and mary ann? well, i don t think it s in so much about concessions, especially to bill s question. i think this really is about commitments. what we got here is iran was forced to the bargaining table by the sanctions. remember, the sanctions, bill, the sanctions are imposed by an international committee, not the united states alone. so, unless you have the whole group, plus i might add, places like japan, india, pakistan, if that broke down then just u.s. sanctions would not have been sufficient to continue this and iran would have continued building their nuclear weapons. right now i think the estimate it would take three months for ....
One of the questions is how fast the sanctions will be lifted, another one is how quickly iran could ramp up its centrifuge program after the initial ten years. but let me just ask you and i understand that you don t know all the details are there any red flags that you see right now? is there anything at least at this initial point that looks clearly unacceptable to you? so, there are four things i would lay out. first of all as you mentioned, how will the sanctions be relieved? iran is saying immediate, the u.s. is saying phased. what are the elements that we re going to be looking at to alleviate those? secondly, and very importantly, the covert activities. what are the snap types of inspections we re going to be able to do? what are the processes that will be in place? is this going to create some long dispute? thirdly, you refer to the the document refers not even in capital letters to a nuclear development program that iran has agreed to. it s my understanding that this ....
Accept is they end their nuclear program. none of measures include closing our facilities. the proud people of iran would never accept that. we absolutely made no concessions on our bottom lines and that is the only thing that s important here. president obama setting a tough marker for a nuclear deal with iran during a 2012 presidential debate, but iranian foreign minister zarif and marie and marie harf putting together a very different spin this week on the framework deal that s actually been agreed to. it s time now for our sunday group. syndicated columnist, george will. mara liasson from national public radio. jason riley of the wall street journal. and fox news political analyst, juan williams. well, as we say, president obama started out with a firm red line, if you will, that iran must end its nuclear program, we re obviously a long way from there. george, there are obviously concessions in any negotiation. did president obama and the west give up too much or is this ....
As to the motivations of justice department, i just would have no way of knowing. senator corker, i have to leave it there. thank you so much for coming in and talking to us today. and we ll follow what happens with your legislation, sir. thank you, sir. up next, our sunday group joins the conversation about this interim deal with iran. plus, what would you like to ask the panel about the agreement? just go to facebook or twitter @foxnewssunday and we may use your question on the air. ....