Iran's Guardian Council gives final Persian approval to nuclear pact with the West

[tuxgeo]

Per ABC News: Iran has now ratified the pact.

The US Congress has not approved the pact, as far as I know.
(Did US Senate approval die in committee? Were the required conditions ever met for it to be considered? I've lost track on our end.)

Anyway, much of the sanctions relief for Iran now seems to be a done deal: most US allies are rolling back, or have rolled back, their participation. (If I'm getting my facts wrong on this, please say; I'm working on weeks-old memories, here.)

 

[Tonguez]

Awesome isn't it? Rouhani deserves praise both for gains made for the Iranian people and for improving international relations.

 

[Umbran]

The US Congress has not approved the pact, as far as I know.
(Did US Senate approval die in committee? Were the required conditions ever met for it to be considered? I've lost track on our end.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/us/politics/iran-nuclear-deal-senate.html?_r=0

 

[tuxgeo]

. . . and for any readers who don't want to click through the link, the upshot is this:

The Republican resolution to reject the agreement failed a procedural vote on a Democratic filibuster, so the resolution went down to defeat.

This still leaves open the possibility that the GOP might try to pass resolutions preventing the end of US sanctions on Iran; but any such effort also faces the possibilities of filibuster and probable veto.

 

[tuxgeo]

There is a new Reuters article about this subject: Iran deal moves forward as U.S. and EU line up sanction waivers.

Short version: US & EU took steps Sunday to lift sanctions once the required conditions are met. Also, ". . . Western officials say [the process] is likely to take at least two months." Full implementation (of sanctions relief) could take a while.