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April 6, 2015

U.S., Iran Differ on Pace on Sanctions Relief under Final Deal 
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President Obama now faces the effort to sell the Iran deal to Congress
as negotiators turn to a final agreement by June 30. But differences
have already emerged in how the United States and Iran interpret the
framework details. Speaking to Iranian state television, Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a final agreement would lead to the
lifting of all international sanctions over Iran's nuclear program.
Zarif criticized the United States for releasing a "fact sheet"
suggesting otherwise.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif: "The Americans have compiled a
fact sheet of their own making. Well, some of the points in their sheet
might indeed coincide with the text [of the framework agreement], but
some of them are plain contradictions. We have protested about it
— we said that the Americans are misrepresenting their position.
We've said: 'Why are you saying this?' I have even brought the issue up
with Kerry himself."

Despite the differences over the pace of sanctions relief, Energy
Secretary Ernest Moniz says the two countries' public interpretations
are consistent in "most dimensions."

 

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