{"id":1356875,"date":"2022-03-03T12:53:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356875"},"modified":"2022-03-03T12:53:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:53:28","slug":"republicans-blast-biden-administration-for-giving-away-the-store-to-iran-in-sanctions-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-blast-biden-administration-for-giving-away-the-store-to-iran-in-sanctions-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Blast Biden Administration For \u2018Giving Away The Store\u2019 To Iran In Sanctions Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-blast-biden-administration-for-giving-away-the-store-to-iran-in-sanctions-negotiations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/iran-nuclear-facility-scaled-e1646322232656.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate are speaking out against the Biden administration\u2019s negotiations with Iran following reports that it could waive terrorism sanctions as part of a nuclear weapons agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Even without lifting the sanctions on terrorists themselves, a new nuclear agreement would likely fund Iranian terrorist activities. Iran used \u201csome money\u201d that was unfrozen as part of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to fund terrorist activities, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/09\/26\/iran-used-some-nuclear-deal-money-to-fund-terror-campaigns\/\">testified<\/a> to Congress in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>An agreement to waive terrorism sanctions would go further than the JCPOA, which only <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/07\/14\/key-excerpts-joint-comprehensive-plan-action-jcpoa\">lifted<\/a> sanctions related to the country\u2019s nuclear activity. Chief negotiator Rob Malley is reportedly prepared to waive such sanctions on several terrorist leaders as part of a new nuclear agreement, former Trump administration State Department official and longtime Senate aide Gabriel Noronha wrote Tuesday on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">6. We sanctioned some of the worst people you can possibly imagine under this authority, like Mohsen Rezaei, who was involved in the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 people in Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll be able to live free of sanctions next week if Malley proceeds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d06iuLw7VM\">pic.twitter.com\/d06iuLw7VM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabriel Noronha (@GLNoronha) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GLNoronha\/status\/1499018808585035779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mohsen Rezaee, the former commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/buzz\/iran%E2%80%99s-mohsen-rezaee-should-face-justice-199375\">was involved<\/a> in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Argentina, would no longer be sanctioned as a result of the agreement if it moves forward, according to Noronha. Nor would IRGC Brigadier General and former Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, who <a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/sm824\">directed<\/a> the Iran proxy Hezbollah to carry out the 1983 Beirut bombing that killed 241 American soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department did not respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment on this story.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the report as \u201cdeeply troubling,\u201d Republican Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher told the Daily Caller that Congress should vote on any future agreement with Iran. Gallagher recently submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21218058-iran-letter_21622\">letter<\/a>, signed by 175 House Republicans, demanding a congressional vote on any agreement. The letter argues that any agreement should be constitutionally considered a treaty, subject to a two-thirds Senate vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President\u2019s State of the Union Address demonstrated that he will have bipartisan support if he chooses stand up for freedom and strengthen U.S. national security. Entering into what appears to be a disastrous new agreement with Iran without involving Congress in the process would poison the well, violate the law, and hand Putin a massive win in the Middle East,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, who was one of 33 senators to sign a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/iran_deal_letter_27.2022.pdf\">letter<\/a>, has objected to any negotiations. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/senate-republicans-marco-rubio-pat-toomey-iran-israel-hamas\/\"><strong>(RELATED: 44 Senate Republicans Demand Biden End Nuclear Talks With Iran Over Israel-Palestine Conflict)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration is giving away the store in Vienna, and the Iranians know it. President Biden\u2019s deal will flood the regime in Tehran with billions in cash and clear a path to nuclear weapons\u2014all for nothing,\u201d he told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There appear to be no limits to what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEnvoyIran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USEnvoyIran<\/a> will offer Tehran to return to the failed nuclear deal.<br \/>This is why top officials resigned from Malley\u2019s team some months ago, and why State Dept officials are leaking on him now.<br \/>Very troubling thread \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JzdhZItiJM\">https:\/\/t.co\/JzdhZItiJM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Jim Inhofe (@JimInhofe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimInhofe\/status\/1499101351489458182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere appear to be no limits to what Malley will offer Tehran to return to the failed nuclear deal,\u201d Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member and Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe added, noting the January <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/differences-splinter-u-s-team-negotiating-with-iran-on-nuclear-deal-11643059183\">resignations<\/a> of Deputy Special Envoy Richard Nephew and two other negotiators.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration waived <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/05\/biden-administration-waives-sanctions-iran\/\">sanctions<\/a> on Iran\u2019s nuclear program in February that prohibited foreign countries from aiding Iran with its nuclear program. Iran claims that its nuclear program is for civilian use only, but <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-uranium-enrichment-60-percent-ed89e322595004fddc65fd4e31c1131b\">enriches<\/a> uranium to levels much higher than would be necessary to power homes and vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate are speaking out against the Biden administration\u2019s negotiations with Iran following reports that it could waive terrorism sanctions as part of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1356875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1356875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1356875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1356875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1356875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}