India, others won't support US if Iran deal fails: Kerry

September 02, 2015 23:48

Secretary of State John Kerry today warned the Congress that countries like India, China, and Japan '" major customers of oil from Iran '" would no longer side with the US if the historic Iranian nuclear deal is not approved by American lawmakers.

"It is an illusion for members of Congress to think that they can vote this plan down and then turn around and still persuade countries like China, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, India - Iran's major oil customers," Kerry said in yet another passionate plea on Iranian nuclear deal in Philadelphia.

"They ought to continue supporting the sanctions that are costing them billions of dollars every year? That is not going to happen," Kerry said.

"And don't forget that the money that has been locked up as a result of sanctions is not sitting in some American bank under US control. The money is frozen and being held in escrow by countries with which Iran has commercial dealings," he said in his speech.

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