Chicago Tribune published an article on Friday titled "Why the Iran deal will work" by US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz in which he wrote, “The flip side is that a unilateral undercutting of the JCPOA by the United States (Congress) would instantaneously squander our position of advantage gained through years of diplomacy.”
In his article, Moniz stressed that the United States should respect the decision of those involved in the Iran accord, and said, “The unity of purpose by the signatories — China, Russia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the European Union and the United States — should not be underestimated."
“This gives us confidence that the international community would again be united in a swift and strong response to Iranian cheating toward a nuclear weapon.”
He added, “The deal is based on sound science. I spent 40 years on the nuclear physics faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and drew heavily on the nuclear expertise built up over decades in the Department of Energy's national laboratories, including the Argonne National Laboratory.”
Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14 reached a conclusion on a lasting nuclear agreement that would terminate all sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear energy program after coming into force.
The 159-page deal has its own opponents and proponents both in Iran and the other countries that are parties to the JCPOA, particularly the US. While the United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution to endorse the deal, the text of the document needs to be ratified by both Iran's Parliament and the US Congress.