Iran's Zarif dismisses US senators' nuclear deal warning

March 10, 2015 01:38

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif today dismissed as of "no legal value" a letter from 47 US senators warning that any nuclear deal will require Congressional approval.

In an open letter to the Islamic republic, the 47 Republicans, including Senate leaders and several potential 2016 presidential candidates, reminded Iranian leaders that President Barack Obama is in office only until January 2017, and a successor could scrap the agreement if Congress has not approved it.

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