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Mon, 11/17/2014 - 10:47
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Only sanctions suspension can break N-deadlock: Paper

Tehran, Nov 17, IRNA - Now that Iran and the P5+1 are determined to strike a final and full-fledged deal before the November-24 deadline, they should agree on alternative and midpoint solutions to solve their disagreements over congressional sanctions, underscored Monday's edition of 'Iran Daily'. One solution could be for the Congress to give the green light for the suspension of sanctions before the looming deadline and the White House’s guarantee for the lifting them as per schedule in the short run, added the English-language paper in its Opinion column. This could be the only way because if a final deal is not reached due to disagreements over sanctions both sides will have to extend the negotiations and the opportunity might be lost forever, continued the paper. If the sanctions set by the UNSC, the EU and the White House are lifted and Congress’ sanctions are suspended, then the fourth set of embargos will automatically lose their effectiveness, it said. The wall of sanctions has already cracked after the Geneva deal. With a congressional approval for suspension, the wall will come down entirely. Elaborating on what the paper described as "extensive disagreements" between Iran-P5+1 since they began the new round of talks over a year ago after the new Iranian government assumed power, it noted that they however managed to resolve most of them and reduced the number of controversial issues to one or two. Now it seems the removal of sanctions imposed on Iran over its atomic work is the main source of friction, it noted, adding that Iran's negotiating team has stressed that all sanctions should be scrapped without any preconditions after a comprehensive deal is signed. But the point is the P5+1 can only decide on the lifting of sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council, the European Union and the White House. The US government does not have the final say on the sanctions slapped by US Congress. These embargos were approved by US lawmakers and can only be lifted when they give the go-ahead. However, if the Congress, which will be dominated by the Republicans as of January, seeks to play the card of sanctions against the White House, President Barack Obama can use his special powers to remove the sanctions. The Obama administration should have won the Congress’ approval about the fate of the sanctions so that once a deal is reached it would put the trump card on the table. But it has failed to do so and nuclear talks have reached a point of no return for all parties./end

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