Obama: Diplomacy, not saber-rattling got int’l sanctions on Iran

5 August 2015, 7:14 pm

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Obama: “We secured international participation in an unprecedented framework of international sanctions. Unilateral US sanctions had been in pace for decades but failed to force Iran to the table.”

America’s new approach enabled massive international sanctions, including China, India, and European allies who imposed a total oil embargo, Obama says.

“Winning this global buy-in wasn’t easy. I know. I was there. But we were able to convince [allies] that absent a diplomatic solution the alternative was war. In other words, it was diplomacy, hard diplomacy, not saber-rattling, not tough talk, that ratcheted up the pressure on Iran.”