Kerry: The Purpose of Sanctions on Iran Was to Get Us to the Current Negotiation

‘This is actually going to result in a greater intensity and focus on the sanctions’

"I know we've been asked, 'Well, what does Iran get in return?' And I've seen outlandish numbers out there in some articles talking about $30, $40, $50 billion, and so forth, or disintegration of the sanctions. My friends, that's just not true. It's absolutely not true. We have red teamed, and vetted, and cross-examined, and run through all the possible numbers through the Intel community, through the Treasury Department, through the people in charge of sanctions, and our estimates are that at the end of the six months, if they fully comply, if this holds, they would have somewhere in the vicinity of $7 billion total. And this is something that I think you ought to take great pride in. I was here as chairman with they put this in. I voted for these sanctions. I think we all did in the United States Senate. I think we were 100-0, as a matter of fact. And we put them in place for a purpose."

 

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