A Look At What The White House Said Two Years Ago Were Its Red Lines On Iran's Nuclear Program, And What They Are Saying Now

A security personnel asks reporters to leave a room where U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) is meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) at a hotel in Vienna, Austria July 1, 2015. Reuters/Carlos Barria

Foreign Policy Initiative: FPI Analysis: What U.S. Officials Said on Iran, What We Know Now

Over the past three years, the Obama administration has delineated the criteria that any final nuclear agreement between the P5+1 and Iran must meet. In speeches, congressional testimony, press conferences, and media interviews, administration officials have also articulated their expectations from Tehran with repeated declarations: “No deal is better than a bad deal.”

This FPI Analysis, which updates an earlier publication from January 2015, compiles many of the administration’s own statements on nuclear negotiations with Iran over the past three years, and compares them with current U.S. positions. It also examines U.S. statements on a range of other issues related to U.S. policy toward Tehran, and assesses whether subsequent events have validated them.

WNU Editor: A detailed look at what the White House vowed 2 years ago on what are/were their "red lines" on Iran's nuclear program .... and what they are saying now. To put it bluntly .... night and day .... there is no similarity .... none .... zero .... a completely reversal on what they vowed then.

Hat Tip to Anon for this link.