March 10, 2015
Daily News Brief
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TOP OF THE AGENDA
President Rejects Senators' Letter to Iran
The White House criticized (NYT)
an open letter from U.S. Senate Republicans warning Iran against
reaching a deal with the U.S. president, accusing them of undercutting
foreign policy negotiations. The letter was signed by forty-seven of the
Senate's fifty-four Republicans and cautions that any deal negotiated
with the Obama administration could be nullified (Al Jazeera)
by Congress once Obama’s term in office expires. Iranian Foreign
Minister Javad Zarif said that the letter had no legal value and he
dismissed it as mostly a "propaganda ploy" (Hill).
The letter follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address
before a joint session of Congress in which he argued against the
nuclear deal being negotiated with Iran. The United States, the four
other UN Security Council permanent members, and Germany are negotiating
with Iran on a framework agreement that faces an end of March
deadline.
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