Kerry: If Iran Deal Fails, We’ll Come Back to Congress And Ask for More Sanctions

‘If Iran fails to meet its commitments, we can and will revoke this relief’

“If Iran fails to meet its commitments, we can and will revoke this relief. And we will be the first ones to come to you if this fails, to ask you for additional sanctions. The total amount of relief is somewhere between the $6 and $7 billion that I described. That is less than 1 percent of Iran’s one trillion dollar economy. And it is a small fraction of the $100 billion plus of oil revenue alone that we have deprived Iran of since 2012. I want you to keep in mind; this really pales in comparison to the amount of pressure that we are leaving in place. Iran will lose $30 billion over the course of this continued sanctions regime over the next six months. So compare that. They may get $7 billion of relief, but they're going to lose $30 billion."

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