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U.S. Sen. Kirk rips Obama's Iran framework ("total meltdown")
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Chicago Tribune ^ | Rick Pearson | Rick Pearson


Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk on Thursday slammed President Barack Obama's announcement of a framework nuclear agreement with Iran, contending it will lead to a "total meltdown" in U.S. relations with Middle Eastern allies.

Kirk, a former Navy Reserve intelligence officer, is among the strongest supporters of using economic sanctions against Iran in an effort to force the country to divest any efforts to gain access to nuclear weapons. Under the conditions of the framework reached between the U.S., five other world powers and Iran, United Nations sanctions that have threatened Iran's economy would be lifted.

"It looks like they did a total cave from what I saw. A complete lifting of sanctions will return Iran to a position where its economy is actually growing faster than the American economy," Kirk told reporters after his City Club address.

"There is a perception right now in the Persian Gulf that the United States is allied to Iran. That is undermining our ability to work with Arab countries in that area. I would say that in the wreckage of this cave, there's going to be a lot of work to be done to overcome the perception that the U.S. is allied with Iran," he said.

Kirk said the U.S. "should proceed unilaterally with a new round of sanctions" against Iran but acknowledged Western allies would not be supportive in light of the framework agreement.

"Right now, I would say we're probably going to be in a total meltdown of ability of the United States to work with Arab countries in that area," the first-term Republican senator said.
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