Biden Admin Violating Law by Withholding Report on Iran’s Military, Lawmaker Alleges

Claudia Tenney: ‘It is vital that Congress finally receives this report—even if it is 233 days late’ Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps / Getty Images

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R.N.Y.), notified Congress Thursday that the Biden Administration is illegally withholding intelligence about Iran’s most recent military capabilities.

Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence in New York, informed the New York congresswoman that the administration had to submit a report about Iran to Congress almost eight months ago. “In clear violation of the law, you still have not filed this critical report with the House Foreign Affairs Committee,” Tenney wrote the Let me knowThe following was obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. “It is vital that Congress finally receives this report—even if it is 233 days late—so we can better counteract the threats posed by Iran and Iranian-backed groups, as well as their ongoing actions in the region.”

Congress required that the DNI submit a report to Congress as part of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. “the advancements in the military capabilities of Iran, especially regarding the capabilities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iranian-backed groups, including Hezbollah and the Houthis,” Tenney. Tenney stated that the annual defense spending bill was passed Dec. 27, 2021. It gave the Biden administration 180 days for the report to be submitted. The deadline was met on June 25.

The DNI office did not respond when we asked for comments.

Tenney states that the report is crucial to Congress’s oversight and efforts to sanction Tehran’s growing military industry. Provider Russia’s use of lethal drone technology in its war against Ukraine. Critics claim that the Biden administration is unwilling to reveal new developments in Iran. This would fuel calls for more sanctions against Iran and torpedo the administration’s efforts to revive its Iran nuclear agreement.

The White House is Accused keeping Congress in the dark regarding the status of Iran’s ongoing nuclear negotiations. These are being handled primarily through Russia. Additionally, the administration has Not taken into consideration more than two dozen congressional inquiries into its enforcement of sanctions on Iran and potentially plans to provide the regime with billions of dollars in cash windfalls as part of a revamped nuclear deal.

According to sources within Congress, Free Beacon The Biden administration’s refusal to provide the report could be an attempt to interfere with the efforts of lawmakers