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Thursday, July 16, 2015
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Marie Gordon,
770-661-0999
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ICYMI: Isakson Discusses Iran Deal on
PBS NewsHour
‘A nuclear-armed Iran is unacceptable to me; A nuclear proliferation race in the Middle East is unacceptable to me’
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., joined Judy Woodruff on
PBS NewsHour yesterday to discuss the agreement reached in nuclear negotiations with Iran.
In the interview, Isakson, a member of a
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, expressed his strong concerns
over the proposed deal, which progressively relieves sanctions and
pressure on Iran over
the next 15 years.
“A nuclear-armed Iran is unacceptable to me. A nuclear proliferation race in the Middle East is unacceptable to me,” said Isakson.
“And if we're making it easier for either one of those two things to happen, I am very reluctant to be supportive.”
“The fact that bothers me on this is
how much we have given up of the sanctions at the beginning, how much we
have given up in terms of our leverage and how little record there is
of trustworthiness
on the part of the Iranian government,” Isakson continued.
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AMANDA MADDOX
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Press Secretary
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OFFICE OF UNITED STATES SENATOR JOHNNY ISAKSON
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131 Russell Senate Office Building | Washington, DC 20510
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phone: 202.224.3643
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