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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

Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2016 in remarks in Michigan:

The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash."

By Lauren Carroll• August 24, 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

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

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

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

Glenn Beck stated on March 19, 2015 in a Facebook post:

"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."

By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2015

Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America stated on April 07, 2015 in an ad:

"Rand Paul supports Obama's negotiations with Iran."

By Lauren Carroll• April 7, 2015

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

Barack Obama stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Since the United States began negotiations with Iran, "that's probably the first year and a half in which Iran has not advanced its nuclear program in the last decade."

By Jon Greenberg• December 21, 2014

Tom Cotton stated on March 09, 2015 in a letter to Iranian leaders:

If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."

By Louis Jacobson• March 11, 2015

Tom Cotton stated on March 09, 2015 in an interview on Fox News:

Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."

By Louis Jacobson• March 16, 2015

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

Ted Cruz stated on June 01, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Barack Obama broke a decades-old policy of "not negotiating with terrorists."

By Steve Contorno• June 1, 2014

Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss.:

Henry Kissinger "said that we should meet with Iran — guess what — without precondition."

By Shawn Zeller• September 27, 2008

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

Mitt Romney stated on March 06, 2012 in a speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee:

Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of "peace through strength" is why "the Iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that Reagan was sworn in."

By Louis Jacobson• March 7, 2012

Benjamin Netanyahu stated on February 15, 2017 in a joint press conference with President Donald Trump:

In the "past few weeks," President Donald Trump pointed out "Iranian violations on ballistic missile tests. By the way, these ballistic missiles are inscribed in Hebrew, ‘Israel must be destroyed.’ "

By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2017

Marco Rubio stated on January 17, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• January 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

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