If the nuclear program is indeed meant only for civil…

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

— Barack Obama

Foreign countries should impose sanctions against Putin's corrupt network.

— Alexei Navalny

“can impose sanctions only in limited circumstances, and in the past was often paralysed by the power of veto possessed by each of its…

— Anonymous

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain…

— Omar Bongo

Iran . . . has failed to take the opportunity to demonstrate that its nuclear program is peaceful . . . time is not unlimited.

— Barack Obama

As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program.

— Stephen Kinzer

A nuclear program has arguably worked as a deterrent for North Korea and other states - would Moammar Gadhafi have been deposed and summarily…

— Richard Engel

I did put together the coalition to impose sanctions. I actually started the negotiations that led to the nuclear agreement, sending some much my…

— Hillary Clinton

The bad news is that Iran wants to talk about everything except their nuclear program. They want to talk about regional cooperation, they want…

— Reza Aslan

Hillary Clinton is the secretary of state who knows how to build alliances. She built the sanctions regime around the world that stopped the…

— Tim Kaine

Now that Iran's actions have been verified, it can begin to receive relief from certain nuclear sanctions and gain access to its own money…

— Barack Obama

Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If it stops…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have the possibility…

— Barack Obama

The intelligence services would probably be in a better position to make an assessment of the advancement of the Iranian nuclear program than Podhoretz…

— Trita Parsi

By legitimizing Iran's nuclear program, removing the pressure of economic sanctions, and allowing it to obtain conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, this agreement makes…

— J. B. Pritzker