Armin Hohenadler

On August 25, 2015, a group of 53 Christian clerics of different faiths sent a message to Congress asking them to support the agreement. [262] The Christian leaders wrote: „This is a moment to recall the wisdom of Jesus who, in the sermon of the Mountain, said: „Blessed are the artisans of peace, for they will be called children of God“ (Matthew 5:9). … There is no doubt that we are better off with this agreement than without it. [262] The letter was coordinated by a group of Quakers, the Friends Committee on National Legislation. [262] Among the signatories of this letter was Jim Wallis of Sojourners; John C. Dorhauer, Minister General and President of the United Church of Christ; Shane Claiborne; Adam Estle von Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding; Archbishop Vicken Aykazian of the Armenian Orthodox Church; A. Roy Medley, head of the American Baptist Churches USA; Reverend Paula Clayton Dempsey of the Alliance of Baptists, senior pastor Joel C. Hunter of Northland, A Church Distributed; And Sister Simone Campbell, director of the „Nuns on the Bus“ Catholic campaigns. [262] [263] Even on nuclear issues, Trump says, the agreement has not gone far enough because it does not permanently prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and because it does not contain restrictions on missile tests. He also says that inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN body responsible for monitoring compliance with the agreement, do not have sufficient supervisory powers. Former Ambassador Dennis Ross, a longtime U.S. negotiator in the Middle East, wrote that he was not yet convinced by supporters or opponents of the agreement.

[249] Ross wrote that the United States should focus on „preventing Iranians from cheating“ (for example. B by producing highly enriched uranium) after the fifteenth year of the agreement. [249] Ross wrote: „President Obama emphasizes that the agreement is based on review and not on trust. But our fraud in Iran is less than the price they know it will pay if we catch them. Deterrence should not only apply to the duration of the agreement. [249] As part of a deterrence strategy, Ross proposed to transfer the American Bunker Buster bomb to Israel before the fifteenth year of the agreement. [249] In an August 25 article in The Washington Post, Ross and David H. Petraeus again argued for the transfer of the MOP to Israel. [250] The plan calls for the creation of a single Commission to monitor the agreement and cooperate with the IAEA. The six-month period may be extended by mutual agreement between the two parties. On July 28, 2015, Michigan Democrat Sander M. Levin announced in a lengthy statement that he would support the JCPOA, Michigan Democratic Congressman Sander M. Levin said that „the agreement is the best way“ to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and that a rejection of the agreement would result in the international sanctions regime „rapidly disintegrating.“ , because „sanctions would probably not even be pursued by our closest allies, and the United States would be isolated if it tried to impose our unilateral sanctions on Iran`s banking and oil sectors.“ [273] [309] [310] March 15, 2016: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif defends Iranian missile launches and declares that missiles are authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 2231 because missiles are not capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

Until September 8, all senators had committed to the agreement, with 42 supporting 40 Democrats and 2 independents and 58 against (54 Republicans and 4 Democrats). [323] Senators were able to support the resolution of disapproval in the Senate by effectively filtering it, rendering it unnecessary for Obama to veto a resolution of disapproval. [323] But this was only possible if at least 41 voted in favour, and several senators who supported the agreement, including Coons, „suggested that they would prefer a vote on the agreement rather than block it completely.“ [323] After 15 years, many provisions of the JCPOA will end, including most restrictions on Iran`s enrichment program.