President Obama Says Immediate Sanctions Relief For Iran Is On The Table
On Friday afternoon, President Obama held a joint news conference with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy, and tucked into the president’s somewhat predictable responses on issues like trade, the Sen. Bob Corker’s bill, and the stalled nomination of Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch were a few foreign policy surprises.
Ever since the framework for an Iran nuclear deal was announced, the Iranians have insisted, publicly, that immediate sanctions relief was a must in order for a deal to be finalized, while the United States has consistently claimed that any sanctions relief will be phased in along with Iran’s cooperation. The Corker bill, if passed, would prevent the president from waiving or suspending sanctions for 30 days, but beyond that, he has the authority to do so under laws already on the books.
Since then, the press corps has tried to draw the White House out on whether phasing in sanctions relief is a must for a final deal, and the White House has consistently stuck with the line that the Iranians are posturing for domestic political purposes, and that phased relief is the negotiating position of the U.S.
At Friday’s presser, however, Margaret Talev of Bloomberg asked the president for a definitive answer on whether “there must be a phase out, rather than the immediate listing, of sanctions,” and the president’s response made it clear that other priorities took precedent over the order of sanctions relief…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
9 responses to President Obama Says Immediate Sanctions Relief For Iran Is On The Table
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granpa.usthai April 17th, 2015 at 17:37
Perhaps if the US delivered PM Benjamin Netanyahu to the Iranian Council in Tehran with a big red ribbon tied on his head sos they could look him in the eyes and tell him how they really feel?
OldLefty April 17th, 2015 at 19:18
Actually, why doesn’t Israel engage in talks with Iran, themselves?
infinite wisdom April 18th, 2015 at 16:20
Are you saying you don’t know the answer to that question or is it just an irrational rhetorical question meant to give the clueless the idea that Iran would actually talk to Israel?
OldLefty April 18th, 2015 at 17:09
I’m saying Israel has never bothered to try.
Meanwhile, ask yourself why many Christians in the region, (especially in Lebanon), support Hezbollah.
John Tarter April 17th, 2015 at 18:49
Immediate relief on sanctions? I just knew Obama would cave on the Iranians latest demand. This cabal now running our country are the worst negotiators ever. They make Neville Chamberlain’s negotiating team back in the 1930’s look like hard liners.
arc99 April 17th, 2015 at 19:02
Since virtually everything you post in this forum is at best wildly inaccurate, clearly neither we nor the Israelis nor the rest of the world have anything to worry about.
OldLefty April 17th, 2015 at 19:17
Did you read the actual story???
The OLD Neville Chamberlain
Can you explain how when Iran made the most progress towards developing nukes under the hawks that now have the vapors, Neville Chamberlain is anything but a meaningless talking point obediently repeated over and over?
Doesn’t “Neville Chamberlain’ apply more to YOUR guys?
They armed Iran in the first place.
They (Halliburton ) did business with Iran;
“Iran defended the contract saying Halliburton offered a good price and that the project “served the interests” of the Islamic state.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58298-2005Feb2.html
They delivered Iraq into the loving arms of Iran.
BillTheCat45 April 21st, 2015 at 19:43
AND HE GOES GODWIN, thanks for playing clown.
Obewon April 17th, 2015 at 20:40
The sooner the better! This is a win-win as Iran surrenders to 24/7 full uranium lifecycle inspections by UN IAEA boots on the ground daily, scuttling enriched uranium above 5% and deleting 2/3 of Iranian centrifuges. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle/Introduction/Nuclear-Fuel-Cycle-Overview/