American Secretary of State John Kerry says the US reserves the right to use military action if Iran doesn't live up to its commitments under a controversial nuclear deal.
Mr Kerry is on a public relations campaign to get support for the deal, against a skeptical Congress which could reject it. A senior Democratic Senator, Chuck Schumer, says he'll vote against the agreement, and the White House is working out if it has the numbers to sustain a presidential veto if it is
rejected in Congress.
Speaking at a New York forum hosted by the Thomson Reuters news agency, Mr Kerry said the deal prevented Iran from ever getting nuclear weapons, and rejecting it would only help bring about a nuclear armed Iran.
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Mr Kerry rejected claims that the inspection regime wasn't strong enough. He said there was no way Iran could secretly develop nuclear weapons, and the US would react forcefully if it tried.
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