Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech yesterday that sanctions must be lifted "immediately and on the same day" following the acceptance of the final agreement by the U.N. Security Council, or there will be no deal. This directly contradicts what the administration has been saying about the timing of sanctions relief for Iran.  All U.S. pronouncements on the framework agreement have said that the sanctions would be lifted gradually over a number of years. The Iranians are looking to push Obama to the wall to see if they can wring one last major concession from him – in addition to the numerous cave-ins on important issues that Obama has already done. "We will not sign any deal unless all sanctions are lifted on the same day," Rouhani said, according to Reuters. "We want a win-win deal for all parties involved in the nuclear talks." Rouhani was speaking at a ceremony to mark Iran's nuclear technology...(Read Full Post)