Republicans try to snatch war from the jaws of peace: International lawyer

‘Republican lawmakers in the US Congress along with Israelis are making “unprecedented interventions” to sabotage a historic understanding reached over Iran’s nuclear energy program on Thursday, international lawyer and political commentator Barry Grossman says.

A mutual nuclear understanding was reached in Switzerland on Thursday between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany.

US President Barack Obama has hailed the “historic understanding” with Iran, but Republicans in Congress have condemned it, with some saying lifting sanctions on Iran would provoke Israel into an armed conflict with the Islamic Republic.’

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