article_snippet.sent: In exchange, the United States and the European Union would lift sanctions that have crippled the country's economy.
article_snippet.sent: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed that if a final deal is reached with Iran, the removal of any sanctions against Tehran will come in phases.
article_snippet.sent: And if we find out at any point that Iran is not complying with the agreement, any sanctions against Tehran can snap back into place," " U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said.
article_snippet.sent: In the United States, the Obama administration could face an uphill battle selling the deal to a skeptical Congress, which has threatened to impose new sanctions on Iran.
article_snippet.sent: Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said " Foreign Minister Javad Zarif didn't believe Congress would block the deal, telling CNN the deal "would be very irresponsible to make politics trump facts and science and the realities of what is possible here." House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement that House Speaker John Boehner was planning to stand strong and press the Obama administration with tough questions.
article_snippet.sent: "" Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says negotiators have cleared the basic threshold needed to continue talks, but the parameters for a final deal represent an alarming departure from the White House's initial goals," " Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said, arguing that Congress must review details of a deal before any sanctions are lifted.
article_snippet.sent: If Congress kills the deal not based on expert analysis and without offering any reasonable alternative, then it's the United States that will be blamed for the failure of diplomacy," Obama said.
article_snippet.sent: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been lobbying against an agreement since the talks began, warning U.S. lawmakers in a congressional address last month that Iran can't be trusted.
article_snippet.sent: In a March 9 letter signed by 47 Republican U.S. senators, Iran's leaders were warned that any deal not approved by the Senate could immediately be revoked by President Barack Obama's successor in 2017.