Iran: US and others ‘surrendered before the great Iranian nation’ in nuclear deal

The White House Tuesday dismissed an aggressive claim of victory by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani over an interim nuclear deal, and attempted to face down rising domestic political pressure over the pact.

Washington said Rouhani’s comment that world powers were now bowing to  Tehran was a symptom of domestic politics and insisted the deal, curbing  aspects of Iran’s nuclear program in return for limited sanctions relief,  hinged on its words and not its rhetoric.
“It is not surprising to us and nor should it be surprising to you that the  Iranians are describing the agreement in a certain way towards their domestic  audience,” spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.
“It does not matter what they say, it matters what they do.”
Rouhani’s comment, on his official Twitter account, played into complaints  of hawkish members of the US Congress that the deal, due to come into force on  January 20, gave too much up to Iran for too little in return.
“Our relationship w/ the world is based on Iranian nation’s interests. In  #Geneva agreement world powers surrendered to Iranian nation’s will,” the tweet  said.
The White House is fighting a battle to prevent Congress from slapping a  new round of sanctions on Iran which it says could cause the Islamic republic  to walk away from the negotiating table, and eventually push Washington into a  war to thwart Tehran’s nuclear program.
Supporters of tightened sanctions say they have at least 59 votes in the  100-seat Senate and may be heading towards the 67-vote threshold needed to  override the veto that President Barack Obama has promised.
There is also  strong backing for new sanctions in the House of Representatives.
Some lawmakers have been irked by White House warnings that voting for new  sanctions could unleash a train of events that could lead to war with Iran.
Senate Majority leader Harry Reid has so far declined to bring the  sanctions bill to the floor, noting that 10 key Democratic committee chairs  have called on him to thwart the passage of any measures that could scupper the  nuclear diplomacy.  TRUNews