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Statement by National Security Leaders Welcoming the Announcement
of the Implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
January 18, 2016
As a result of these changes, Irans ability to produce a nuclear weapon hasfor the
first time in nearly a decadebeen dramatically reduced. Iran cannot produce a nuclear
weapon in less than a year, a significant improvement over the threat of a 2-3 month race to a
bomb that Iran could have run prior to the deal.
Moreover, Irans nuclear program is now under some of the most sweeping inspections
and transparency obligations in history, many of which will remain in place for decades.
If Iran were to attempt to start a new nuclear weapons program, it would be detected. If Irans leaders
were to decide to race to build a nuclear weapon, the U.S. and its allies would have time to react.
Implementation Day also means that nuclear related sanctions imposed on Iran will
be lifted. The threat of sanctions snap-back and the economic damage this would cause, as well as
the promise of economic benefits from the sanctions relief in the JCPOA, will help to ensure Iranian
compliance going forward.
With the main provisions of the JCPOA now in place, we call on the executive and
legislative branches of the U.S. government to turn to the rigorous verification of Irans
continuing compliance. The U.S. and others will be able to test this agreement by means of the greatly
enhanced verification measures. Violations of the agreement must not be overlooked or tolerated. The U.S.
must be disciplined and vigilant to ensure strict compliance on every aspect of the agreement.
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New mechanisms for cooperation should be established between the executive and
legislative branches to monitor compliance and evaluate suspected violations. Mutual
trust between these branches of government must be developed so that in eight years time, when
the U.S. will be called on by the JCPOA to lift some key nuclear related sanctions on Iran, both
branches will share a common understanding of Irans record of compliance.
The U.S. will continue to have serious disagreements with Iran over its regional actions,
its internal policies, its missile program, and its support for terrorism. U.S. actions must
make clear to Tehran that the JCPOA does not end these disagreements and that the U.S. will
respond appropriately to Iranian activities outside its borders and to violations of human rights
within them. U.S. efforts will be buttressed by the presence of continuing U.S. unilateral and
secondary sanctions on these Iranian activities.
around the world will continue to look to the U.S. to give the JCPOA its best chance to
make the world secure from an Iranian nuclear threat and achieve a major advance in
stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Graham Allison, Assistant Secretary of Defense
Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Advisor
BGen Stephen A. Cheney (ret.), U.S. Marine Corps
Joseph Cirincione, President of the Ploughshares Fund
Amb. (ret.) Chester A. Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Amb. (ret.) Ryan Crocker, Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon
Amb. (ret.) James B. Cunningham, Ambassador to Israel, Afghanistan and the United Nations
Tom Daschle, U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader
Suzanne DiMaggio, Director and Senior Fellow at New America
Amb. (ret.) James Dobbins, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Robert Einhorn, Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation and the Secretary of States Special Advisor
Morton H. Halperin, Director of Policy Planning at the Department of State and Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Lee H. Hamilton, U.S. Representative and Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Amb. (ret.) William C. Harrop, Ambassador to Israel and Inspector General of the State Department
Stephen B. Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Amb. (ret.) Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative
J. Bennett Johnston, U.S. Senator
James Hoge, Former Editor of Foreign Affairs Magazine
LTG Frank Kearney (ret.), U.S. Army, Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning at the
Richard Nephew, Director for Iran at the National Security Council and Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy
Political Affairs; Ambassador to Israel, Russia, India, El Salvador, Nigeria and Jordan
Paul R. Pillar, National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia
Amb. (ret.) Nicholas Platt, Ambassador to Pakistan, Philippines and Zambia
William Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration and President
Amb. (ret.) J. Stapleton Roy, Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research and Ambassador to China,
Barnett R. Rubin, Senior Adviser to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Gen. (ret.) Brent Scowcroft, U.S. National Security Advisor
Gary Sick, Director of the Office of Iran and the Persian Gulf of the National Security Council
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