The 60-day period for the US Congress to review the recent agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) regarding Iran’s renegade nuclear program began on Sunday when the full text of the agreement, including provisions kept secret from the public, was delivered to offices on Capitol Hill. Already Sunday morning, lobbying by the Obama Administration on behalf of the deal was in full swing, with the President himself addressing the issue during his weekly radio broadcast in which he said, among other things, that “dishonest arguments” against the JCPOA could be expected. “If Congress doesn’t pass this, if Congress were to kill this, then we have no inspections, we have no sanctions, we have no ability to negotiate,” added Secretary of State John Kerry. Read More
