{"id":159037,"date":"2021-02-22T05:01:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=159037"},"modified":"2021-02-22T05:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T10:13:33","slug":"biden-admin-snubs-gop-leaders-on-new-iran-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-snubs-gop-leaders-on-new-iran-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Snubs GOP Leaders on New Iran Diplomacy"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fbiden-admin-snubs-gop-leaders-on-new-iran-diplomacy%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=159037&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\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-955709414-1024x684-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-admin-snubs-gop-leaders-on-new-iran-nuclear-diplomacy\/\"><strong>Biden Admin Snubs GOP Leaders on New Iran Diplomacy<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-labor-purge-sparks-legal-challenge\/\"><strong>Biden Labor Purge Sparks Legal Challenge<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/a-headlong-rush-to-surrender\/\"><strong>A Headlong Rush to Surrender<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S-Iran Envoy Robert Malley has already held consultations with Chinese government leaders but has not spoken with senior Republican foreign policy leaders in Congress, including those with key positions on committees that deal with national security matters.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senate Armed Services Committee all confirmed to the\u00a0<em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0that Malley has yet to contact them for conversations about the administration\u2019s decision this week to pursue direct talks with Iran. The policy shift contradicts earlier statements from the State Department vowing to continue pressure on Iran until it rolls back its revamped nuclear work, including its enrichment of uranium, the primary fuel for a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>As the Biden administration charges forward with its Iran diplomacy, GOP leaders expressed concerns the Biden administration will ink a new nuclear agreement without working to address a litany of Republican concerns about massive sanctions relief that would provide the regime with access to much-needed cash resources.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden administration is repeating the Obama administration\u2019s dangerously na\u00efve mistakes when it comes to Iran,&#8221; Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told the\u00a0<em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;This reckless approach will inevitably fail because the terror-sponsoring regime in Tehran cannot be trusted. One thing is clear though: Republicans will not accept a poorly conceived deal that plays into the hands of the Iranians. Any meaningful and enduring deal must be bipartisan and recognize Khamenei and the Iranian regime for what they truly are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The State Department claimed multiple times this week when contacted by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> that Malley &#8220;is in the early stages of engaging Members of Congress, allies, partners, and others.&#8221; But the State Department would not tell the\u00a0<em>Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0which members of Congress, if any, Malley has spoken with. Republican leaders see Malley&#8217;s snub as an indication the Biden administration will not make good on its promises to consult with them on key foreign policy matters, most notably negotiations with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I have had very productive conversations with Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken and [White House National Security Adviser Jake] Sullivan and appreciate their outreach and willingness to work with us, I have yet to speak with Special Envoy Malley,&#8221; Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas), the lead Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the\u00a0<em>Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0on Saturday. &#8220;With the Biden administration\u2019s concerning decision to make one-sided concessions to the Iranian regime as it attempts to reenter the flawed Iran deal, I would welcome a conversation with Mr. Malley\u2014and soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Senior congressional sources further confirmed to the\u00a0<em>Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0that Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including GOP lead senator Jim Risch (R., Idaho), also have not been consulted by Malley and the State Department on issues related to Iran and the nuclear accord. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.), the Senate Armed Services Committee\u2019s ranking Republican, confirmed on Friday that Malley called Chinese leaders but has yet to consult Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hearing reports that [President Joe Biden] might offer Iran substantial sanctions relief despite the surge of Iranian-backed terror in Africa, Iraq, and Lebanon,&#8221; Inhofe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimInhofe\/status\/1362825861515206658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimInhofe\/status\/1362825861515206658&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1614017928277000&#038;usg=AFQjCNGk6fqJkLOn4_lP7aSbXjeBoGpQKA\">said<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter. &#8220;But we have no information, because Iran envoy [Malley] has apparently briefed China but not Congress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Inhofe was referring to a\u00a0<em>Free Beacon<\/em>\u00a0report detailing the State Department\u2019s decision this week to avoid confirming Malley\u2019s conversations with Chinese leaders. Following the\u00a0<em>Beacon<\/em>\u2019s report, the State Department was forced to acknowledge Malley\u2019s early powwow with the Chinese, but it would not provide specific details about the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Republican foreign policy leaders in Congress are not pleased. They see the administration as rushing into new negotiations with Tehran at a time when it continues to sponsor terrorist attacks on U.S. forces in the region. The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, for instance, struck American and Saudi Arabian positions just days after the Biden administration removed the group from the U.S. terrorism list. Critics say the move is an early gift to Iran and meant to pave the way for renewed diplomacy on Tehran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p>The United States also informed the United Nations this week that it is withdrawing the Trump administration\u2019s decision to reimpose all international sanctions on Iran, paving the way for a ban on Iranian arms sales to expire. This will permit countries like China and Russia to legally arm Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Secretary Blinken said over and over the Biden administration would consult with the Senate before making any significant moves on Iran,&#8221; said one senior GOP Senate aide. &#8220;Now they&#8217;ve dropped sanctions on Iranian terrorists and lifted United Nations sanctions, but Malley is too busy working with China to come up to the Hill. At this rate he&#8217;ll meet with [Iranian foreign minister] Zarif before he meets with Republican senators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Stories in Biden Administration Biden Admin Snubs GOP Leaders on New Iran Diplomacy Biden Labor Purge Sparks Legal Challenge A Headlong Rush to Surrender U.S-Iran &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273906,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-955709414-1024x684-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin Snubs GOP Leaders on New Iran Diplomacy","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-955709414-1024x684-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Admin Snubs GOP Leaders on New Iran Diplomacy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159037","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=159037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}