Obama vows to veto new sanctions on Iran
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Wed 29 Jan 2014 - 09:08
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Any new economic sanctions that Congress tries to impose against Iran during international negotiations to limit the country's nuclear program will be vetoed, the US President Barack Obama warned lawmakers.
It was the sharpest part of a State of the Union speech that overall was skimpy on details for his foreign policy agenda for the year.
'If Iran's leaders do seize the chance, then Iran could take an important step to rejoin the community of nations,' he said.
He also credited the US for what he described as leading the way toward an interim agreement that has all but limited Iran's nuclear program.
'But let me be clear: If this Congress sends me a new sanctions bill now that threatens to derail these talks, I will veto it,' Obama said. 'For the sake of our national security, we must give diplomacy a chance to succeed.'
Iran agreed in November to slow its uranium enrichment program to a below 5 percent. In exchange, the US and five other nations — Britain, Germany, France, Russia and China — agreed to ease an estimated $7 billion worth of international sanctions against Iran for a six-month period while negotiators try to broker a final settlement.
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