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Vice President Vance Explains U.S. Leverage to Prevent Iran Rebuilding Its Nuclear Program
(CNBC) Becky Quick - U.S. Vice President JD Vance told CNBC on Monday: "The agreement is fundamentally built around a two-step verification process. We say to the Iranians, you are welcome to have access to an unsanctioned economy, you're welcome to be re-invited into the world economy, but only if you honor the commitments that you make in this agreement. So that's the leverage point, and simultaneously, the enforcement mechanism we have over their nuclear program." "We have affirmatively and comprehensively destroyed their nuclear program from what we've done over the last year and a half." This agreement says "to the Iranians that you don't have access to the money to rebuild that nuclear program, but if you're willing to give up that program long-term, if you're willing to accept the inspections and verification regime that's necessary to give us the confidence you're never going to have a nuclear weapon, then we want you to be a prosperous country and we will re-invite you into the community of nations." If "they don't give up that ambition, they're never going to have the resources to rebuild it from where it is today."