so -- windsled. in their sales pitch these administration officials sought to blunt the expected criticisms. they repeatedly stated the united states would maintain certain tough sanctions, even after the deal became effective. they said the united states would hold the line on measures that punish and suppress iran's nonnuclear malign activities and they emphatically stated that in no way would the u.s. economy be allowed to bolster an iranian economy that is significantly controlled by the iranian regime, tainted by illicit financing of terrorism and used by the ayatollahs to fund domestic oppression and international aggression, including blowing up hundreds of american soldiers in iraq with roadside bombs. in particular these administration officials were emphatic that the united states would never ever ever grant iran access to the u.s. financial system and to u.s. dollars to facilitate iran's trade in oil and other goods. for instance, when testifying before the senate foreign relations committ