The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously endorsed the landmark nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers and authorized a series of measures leading to the end of U.N. sanctions that have hurt Iran’s economy.
But the measure also provides a mechanism for U.N. sanctions to “snap back” in place if Iran fails to meet its obligations.
The resolution had been agreed to by the five veto-wielding council members, who along with Germany negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran. It was co-sponsored by all 15 members of the Security Council.
Under the agreement, Iran’s nuclear program will be curbed for a decade in exchange for potentially hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of relief from international sanctions. Many key penalties on the Iranian economy, such as those related to the energy and financial sectors, could be lifted by the end of the year.
The document specifies that seven resolutions related to U.N. sanctions will be terminated when Iran has completed a series of major steps to curb its nuclear program and the International Atomic Energy Agency has concluded that “all nuclear material in Iran remains in peaceful activities.”
All provisions of the U.N. resolution will terminate in 10 years, including the snap back provision.
But last week the six major powers — the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany — and the European Union sent a letter, seen by The Associated Press, informing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that they have agreed to extend the snap back mechanism for an additional five years. They asked Ban to send the letter to the Security Council.
U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said the nuclear deal doesn’t change the United States’ “profound concern about human rights violations committed by the Iranian government or about the instability Iran fuels beyond its nuclear program, from its support for terrorist proxies to repeated threats against Israel to its other destabilizing activities in the region.”
She urged Iran to release three “unjustly imprisoned” Americans and to determine the whereabouts of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who vanished in 2007.
“But denying Iran a nuclear weapon is important not in spite of these other destabilizing actions but rather because of them,” Power said.
She quoted President Barack Obama saying the United States agreed to the deal because “an Iran with a nuclear weapon would be far more destabilizing and far more dangerous to our friends and to the world.”
(AP)
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WE are in the midst of the “Nine Days” but Hakadosh Baruch Hu will find a way to save Israel from Amaleke.
I have a strange suspicion that someone in Obama’s inner circle is directing him against the Jews especially since all of this has come during this particular period of the year. I think that this move by the Security Council will stiffen the necks of the Congress , (even the democrats) to resist Obama.
Its really up to Schumer to come out against the deal as he is the scheduled to be the future Democratic leader of the Senate in 2017. Let’s see if he has the guts to oppose Obama on this one.
It was telling at the news conference when Pres Obama said he feels it is good Congress will get a chance to examine the deal with Iran…….but he will veto it if they disapprove. A sign of Arrogance. This is particular troublesome from someone who has a record Since He First Came Into Office of Being Hostile And Critical OFTEN of Israel. From public rebukes of himself and Sec of State Hillary of Israel for DARING building Jewish homes in JERUSALEM to saying what Pres Bush wrote to PM Sharon that facts on the ground (settlement blocs) should be taken into consideration wss NOT BINDING even though PM Sharon relied on it to withdraw from GAza to declarations that Israel will need to withdraw to 1967 Lines and any other lands they can only keep if the benevolent Palestinians agree in a land swap (including the Jewish quarter in Jerusalem and Western Wall and Rachels Tomb – meaning expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Jews from their homes) to umbrage that Netanyahu dared tell Congress his concerns about the deal with Iran to declarations questioning Israels commitment to peace to critiques of Netanyahus campaign rhetoric (anyone recall Obama tell AIPAC Jerusalem undivided is Israels capital???) to a deal with Iran that EXPIRES in 10 years allowing them to then get nuclear weapons and in the short run gives Iran hundreds of bilions of dollars to arm themselves as well as Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah. And in 5-7 years to get more balstic missile technology to be able to eventualy reach the US with nuclear warheads (their closer than Russa!). Democrats (HILLARY)standing by him should be warned by voters (as in the rally Wednesday at 42 street and 7th ave in Manahattan 5;30 – 7:30) they will pay at the pols