{"id":15280,"date":"2013-11-19T14:36:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T14:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/statements\/nuclear\/15280-lindsey-graham-slams-easing-iran-sanctions"},"modified":"2023-01-14T23:26:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T22:26:18","slug":"lindsey-graham-slams-easing-iran-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/lindsey-graham-slams-easing-iran-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham slams easing Iran sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"graham\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-41057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/graham.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left;margin: 5px\" \/>Poliitico &#8211; Sen. Lindsey Graham continued to criticize the White House on Tuesday on its appeal to ease sanctions against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[President Barack] Obama\u2019s been able to bring the Israelis and Arabs together unlike anybody in history,\u201d Graham said on Fox News\u2019s \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d referring to the criticism in the region over easing sanctions. \u201cA bad deal will lead to war and a bad deal is allowing the Iranians the capability to produce a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham (R-S.C.), who has been critical of the administration\u2019s strategy over Iran\u2019s nuclear program, compared the situation to North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you back off the sanctions, which the president wants us to do, if you infuse this regime with $10 billion, and you don\u2019t dismantle their capabilities to produce a weapon, the international community is going to say, \u2018A ha, sanctions are behind us\u2019 and they\u2019re going to race to do business with Iran and that\u2019s exactly what happened in North Korea,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House said Monday that Obama will host key senators Tuesday to update them on the status of talks with Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poliitico &ndash; Sen. 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