How easy we forget. On November 19, 2015, the State Department sent a letter to then-Representative Mike Pompeo that severely undercuts the notion that the Iran deal represents any form of binding American commitment. It turns out that the Obama administration not only acknowledged that the deal wasn’t a treaty (obvious enough), but it also admitted that it wasn’t “an executive agreement” or even a “signed document.”
Obama and John Kerry did not require Irans leaders to sign the nuclear deal that his team negotiated with the regime, and the deal is not “legally binding,” his administration acknowledged.
Obama and Iran agreed that a legally binding deal would be strongly discouraged and disapproved of in the United States, so they wanted to skip the “legally binding” part and just give Iran everything they asked for if Iran promised not to use the nuclear weapons on countries.
In a non legally binding agreement, Iran was given:
A lift on $100 billion in sanctions.
They were paid more than $36 billion for “long overdue actions.”
Unlimited access to trade with Europe again.
A lift on the arms embargo. They can buy and sell weapons from anyone, anywhere, anytime they want to.
They are allowed to run “safety tests” on themselves.
They report “illegal actions” themselves to the U.N. Meaning, Iran will tell Obama and the U.N. if they are acting criminally or inappropriately.
What the United States got:
Anti-American propaganda videos where American sailors were captured and humiliated.
Iran has test-fired an illegal long-range missile on several occasions.
Iran detained dozens of Americans and held them until Obama paid them a ransom.