Vienna, 17 January 2016:

Removing the sanctions is part of the international agreement reached last year among Iran, the U.S., and five other world powers when Iran agreed to curbs on its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Lifting sanctions will allow Iran to immediately recoup some $100 billion in assets frozen overseas. Iran will also see huge benefits from new oil, trade and financial opportunities.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton expressed relief over the return of Americans being held prisoner in Iran. But she says Iran shouldn’t be thanked for freeing them because they were being held unjustly.
Clinton also says that Iran shouldn’t be thanked for following through on its obligations now that the nuclear agreement with the U.S. and other world powers is being fully implemented.
In a statement issued Saturday in New York, Clinton warns against taking eyes off the ball concerning Iran. She says that as president her approach would be to “distrust and verify” while vigorously enforcing the nuclear deal.
Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan vigorously denounced the nuclear deal with Iran that was implemented Saturday, vowing U.S. lawmakers would “do everything possible” to prevent Tehran from getting the atomic bomb.
“Today, the Obama administration will begin lifting economic sanctions on the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism,” Ryan said in a statement.
“A bipartisan majority in the House voted to reject this deal in the first place, and we will continue to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear Iran.”