Obama to Veto Any Senate Bill Linking Iran Negotiations to Terrorism

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White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest stated that "US President Barack Obama would veto a US Senate bill allowing Congress to vote on a final nuclear deal with Iran if amendments were added to the bill that required Iran to drop support for the so-called "terrorist" groups."

"There was an agreement that was reached, a strong bipartisan compromise... that the President has indicated he is willing to sign, but if there is an attempt and it succeeds to undermine that compromise...the President would absolutely veto that bill," Earnest said.

Hence, the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, passed by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, would require the President to submit the final Iran nuclear agreement for congressional approval.

The Committee's decision to advance the bill, which now was heading for a Senate vote, followed the reaching of the political framework deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries on April 2.

However, committee Chairman Bob Corker and Republicans in Congress said previously that they had enough bipartisan support to override an Obama veto.

Nevertheless, ahead of the Committee's vote, the White House said Obama was willing to sign Corker's legislation after a compromise agreement was reached that would delink Iran's alleged support for "terrorism" from the nuclear negotiations.

Henceforth, the bill would now go before the Senate for a vote, but could face amendments conditioning the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions against Iran on its dropping support for US designated "terror" groups.

Accordingly, the United States and the European Union agreed to lift all nuclear-related sanctions imposed against Iran as per the April 2 agreement.

Source: Sputnik, Edited by website team