GOP senators caution that Biden is sidestepping Congress to strike an Iran nuclear deal.
A Group of Republican Senators Raises Concerns About Biden Administration’s Secret Negotiations with Iran
A group of 26 Republican senators has expressed their concerns about the Biden administration bypassing congressional authority to agree to a nuclear deal with Iran. In a letter signed by the majority of Senate Republicans, the lawmakers addressed Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, raising concerns about the recent prisoner swap that sent $6 billion to the Iranian regime in a secret negotiation.
“When the Obama administration released $400 million in liquidated assets to Iran in 2016, we warned that this dangerous precedent would put a price on American lives. Seven years later, the current administration is providing a ransom payment worth at least fifteen times that amount to the world’s largest state sponsor of terror, in yet another violation of the United States’ long-standing ‘no concessions’ policy,” the senators wrote.
“The release of such a significant sum to the Iranian regime runs entirely counter to that claim and will only serve to encourage additional hostage taking for financial or political gain,” the letter continued.
This letter comes after House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner revealed that the Biden administration’s prisoner swap with Iran involved a renewed Iran nuclear deal. The New York Times also reported that this agreement could increase the chances of Biden pursuing his goal of coming to the table with Iran over nuclear weapons. However, Republican lawmakers are concerned about unconstitutional hidden negotiations with the terrorist rulers and the potential for Iran to start nuclear weapon testing.
“We are also worried that your administration is attempting to sidestep Congress and pursue other pathways to financially compensate Iran in an attempt to renegotiate a successor to the ill-fated 2015 nuclear deal,” the senators wrote. “Any agreement with the Iranian regime that entails financial reward for malign behavior is wholly unacceptable.”
The senators have laid out a series of questions for Blinken and Yellen to answer within 30 days, emphasizing the risks this agreement poses to the safety of American citizens overseas and broader United States national security interests.
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