INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
many of whom are vehement opponents of the agreement, have a say in the matter, Jonathan Lord, a senior fellow at the Center for a New
American Security (CNAS), says
The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA), which granted Congress control over the agreement, was approved by Congress and signed into
basically granted Congress veto authority over the JCPOA, or any new or altered deal with Iran
avoiding legislative supervision on a topic of such profound political consequence, says Lord, director of the Middle East Security program
administration reached would be submitted to Congress under INARA, initiating the 30-day review period and potentially enabling Congress to
After Biden was elected president of the United States, he pledged to reinstate the agreement and revoke the maximum pressure approach used
by his predecessor Donald Trump against Tehran.The extent of the sanctions that will be lifted and the requirement for the United States to
provide guarantees that it won't exit the deal again are only two of the unresolved points that have prevented an agreement from being
reached thus far in the negotiations.Republicans in Congress have been pressuring Biden not to reinstate the JCPOA or relax any of the
imagine what lasting benefit there is for Iran in agreeing to return to a deal that has become so politicized in United States politics
a force multiplier that pushed Iran's economy into a fever-pitch disaster, and it was even helped along by accident, he added.In his
article, Lord wrote despite everything, Tehran still moving forward with its drone, ballistic missile, and nuclear programs."We could have
lost the most valuable resource we have: time, by leaving the JCPOA
And it's difficult to understand how we're better off now that we're running out of time and alternatives
