U.S. Republicans, pro-Israel groups step up campaign against Iran deal


  • World
  • Thursday, 23 Jul 2015

A group of orthodox Jewish counter-demonstrators wave American and Iranian flags as they stand amid protestors who were demonstrating against the nuclear deal with Iran during a rally in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 22, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Republicans vowed on Wednesday to do their utmost to scrap President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran as the biggest pro-Israel lobby geared up for an all-out campaign to pressure wary lawmakers into rejecting the agreement.

A bigger push against last week's historic accord in Vienna was being met with a counteroffensive by senior Obama administration officials, who have already spent hours on in-person and telephone briefings with members of Congress.

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