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Search results for "US to end all sanctions on Iran"

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Donald Trump stated on August 16, 2015 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says "if the (Iran nuclear) deal gets rejected, they still get" $150 billion.
By Lauren Carroll• August 16, 2015
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
Tom Cotton stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day":
President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
By Christian Belanger• July 22, 2015
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
Hillary Clinton stated on November 06, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum:
"I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."
By Lauren Carroll• November 23, 2015
Robert Reich stated on September 22, 2013 in a roundtable on ABC’s “This Week”:
Under economic sanctions, "now Iran is suffering 30 percent inflation, 20 percent unemployment."
By Becky Bowers• September 27, 2013
Bill Clinton stated on July 26, 2016 in remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."
By Lauren Carroll• July 27, 2016
Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate:
Says the Obama administration "watered down sanctions" against Iran, delayed them and tried to stop Congress "from putting the tough sanctions in place."
By Becky Bowers• October 15, 2012
Joe Biden stated on May 08, 2012 in a speech:
"When we took office, let me remind you, there was virtually no international pressure on Iran."
By Eric Stirgus• May 14, 2012
Marco Rubio stated on April 13, 2015 in an interview on National Public Radio:
"The Iranians are now saying that what we're saying the deal is and what they understand it to be are two different things."
By Lauren Carroll• May 1, 2015
Ron Johnson stated on January 22, 2016 in a campaign email:
Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism."
By Tom Kertscher• January 29, 2016
Bob Corker stated on November 24, 2013 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
"The administration was kicking and screaming all the way with these sanctions being put in place (on Iran)."
By Steve Contorno• December 3, 2013
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":
Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
By Anna Bruzgulis• July 30, 2015
Donald Trump stated on October 07, 2023 in a news release:
"Sadly, American taxpayer dollars helped fund these attacks, which many reports are saying came from the Biden administration.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 11, 2023
Lynn Westmoreland stated on September 11, 2015 in press release:
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed "to lift Iran’s economic and arms sanctions without any proof of change in conduct."
By Nancy Badertscher• October 13, 2015
Mitt Romney stated on February 22, 2012 in in a Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Ariz.:
"This president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against Iran. He did not."
By Becky Bowers• February 24, 2012
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 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
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen stated on January 08, 2013 in a press release:
Says Chuck Hagel "opposed sanctions against Iran."
By Amy Sherman• January 11, 2013
Rick Perry stated on November 22, 2011 in the CNN Republican presidential debate:
"When you sanction the Iranian central bank, that will shut down (Iran's) economy."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 23, 2011

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