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Search results for "Iran agrees to give up NOTHING on their nuclear program in this deal"

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Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2016 in a speech at Mar-a-Lago:
Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."
By Linda Qiu• March 17, 2016
Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2019 in a post-G7 news conference:
"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."
By Jon Greenberg• August 27, 2019
Ted Cruz stated on September 09, 2015 in a tweet:
"The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."  
By Louis Jacobson• September 10, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on July 22, 2015 in an interview on Fox News:
The Iran deal says that "if any other country tries to undermine (Iran's) nuclear program, we have to help them defend themselves against Israel, Egypt, Saudis, our own allies."  
By Amy Sherman• July 23, 2015
Carlos Beruff stated on May 05, 2016 in a press release:
Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."
By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on July 28, 2016 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic convention:
"We put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot."
By Louis Jacobson• July 29, 2016
Marco Rubio stated on July 19, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process."  
By Louis Jacobson• July 19, 2015
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.:
"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 24, 2016
Liz Cheney stated on March 22, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, "last month said the Iranians are not currently living up to their obligations."
By Lauren Carroll• March 22, 2015
Donald Trump stated on September 03, 2015 in an interview:
Under the Iran deal: "If Israel attacks Iran … we’re supposed to be on Iran’s side."
By Warren Fiske, Amy Sherman• September 4, 2015
David Rouzer stated on May 08, 2018 in a tweet:
"The #irandeal ultimately would have guaranteed Iran a nuclear bomb capable of reaching the US."
By Paul Specht• May 22, 2018
Donald Trump stated on March 03, 2026 in remarks at the White House:
The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2026
Jon Keyser stated on May 31, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says "Obama wants to give (Iran) nuclear weapons and Michael Bennet, he was all for it."  
By Alan Gathright, Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2016
American Unity PAC stated on August 30, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays.  
By Nadia Pflaum• September 15, 2016
Karen Handel stated on June 08, 2017 in a debate:
Says Iran has "violated the terms of the (nuclear) deal."
By John Kruzel• June 14, 2017
Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2018 in a press conference:
"In seven years that (nuclear) deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons."  
By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2018
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":
The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."
By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2018
Michael Morell stated on February 18, 2015 in a broadcast of "Charlie Rose":
The potential Iran nuclear agreement would limit Iran to the number of centrifuges needed for a weapon but too few for a nuclear power program.
By Jon Greenberg• February 25, 2015
John Bolton SuperPAC stated on September 27, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Deborah Ross "supports the Iran nuclear deal and the ransom it paid for hostages."
By Will Doran• October 12, 2016
Dick Cheney stated on September 02, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty "enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states."  
By Jon Greenberg• September 3, 2015

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