Republicans Won't Support Upcoming Iran Nuclear Deal
Senate Republicans said this week they would not sign off on an upcoming U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement (see 2203070008) they say will “weaken” U.S. sanctions and lessen restrictions on the country’s nuclear program. The senators are concerned about reports the administration will soon conclude a deal with Iran to “provide substantial sanctions relief in exchange for merely short-term limitations on Iran’s nuclear program,” the lawmakers said in a March 14 joint statement.
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“By every indication, the Biden Administration appears to have given away the store,” said the statement, signed by every Republican senator except Kentucky's Rand Paul. “The administration appears to have agreed to lift sanctions that were not even placed on Iran for its nuclear activities in the first place, but instead because of its ongoing support for terrorism and its gross abuses of human rights.” A State Department spokesperson didn’t comment.