Kerry advises US Senate not to ‘rush’ to more Iran sanctions
US Secretary of State John Kerry has advised the Republican-dominated Senate not to impose more sanctions on Iran after the historic nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers.
Kerry who served as the US top negotiator in talks between Iran and the P5+1, made the comments while giving testimony before the US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on Wednesday.
With the Iran Sanctions Act expiry date approaching at the end of this year, GOP lawmakers are doing their best to reauthorize and impose more sanctions on Tehran on the pretext of ballistic missile tests and human rights issues.
"I don't think there's a need to rush here," Kerry told the panel members. "I'd like to see how the implementation goes so we can do whatever we're doing advised by that process."
South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, however, said he had “a list a mile long” of sanctions’ targets.
Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, Britain, Russia, China, France as well as Germany started implementation of the deal, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, on January 16.
After JCPOA went into effect, all nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Iran by the European Union, the Security Council and the US were lifted. Iran in return has put some limitations on its nuclear activities. The nuclear agreement was signed on July 14, 2015 following two and a half years of intensive talks.
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