State Dept. to Rosen: ‘I Can Assure You’ There Have Been No ‘Exceptions’ Given to Iran

‘I’m not going to talk about the work of the Joint Commission, James’

State Dept Dodges, Confuses Press on Multiple Issues Involving Iran Deal (The Washington Free Beacon)

State Department spokesman John Kirby confused the press and dodged multiple issues involving the Iran nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, during Thursday’s press briefing.

The briefing came after a report was published saying the United States and other signatories to the nuclear accord granted Iran secret exemptions to ensure Tehran could meet its obligations by the Jan. 16 deadline to receive sanctions relief.

“I don’t want to play semantics with you, but I am concerned that I ask you a question of whether or not the Joint Commission has enacted any exemptions for Iran, or anything that a reasonable observer would conclude to be an exemption, and by way of answering, you talk about the loosening of commitments, and so I just wonder if you could address my question on its own terms?” Fox News correspondent James Rosen asked.

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