President Obama has been warned by 367 House lawmakers in an open letter that any nuclear deal made with Iran will have to be approved by Congress before being implemented.
In also stating that lawmakers can stop the nuclear agreement by refusing to roll back sanctions, the letter read, “Should an agreement with Iran be reached, permanent sanctions relief from congressionally-mandated sanctions would require new legislation. In reviewing such an agreement, Congress must be convinced that its terms foreclose any pathway to a bomb, and only then will Congress be able to consider permanent sanctions relief.”
The letter was released by the House Foreign Affairs Committee and isn’t the first as a similar one was signed by 47 Republican senators with the warning that a future President could roll back any deal made with Iran.
The first letter came under criticism from Democrats who considered it as meddling in diplomatic talks as well as an attempt to undermine negotiations.
In comparison, this letter puts forth lawmaker concerns in more diplomatic terms and focuses on time restraints as a key point in the final deal with Iran. In particular, the restrictions on their nuclear program will be lifted in a decade and when the country will be allowed to create a nuclear bomb.
Also, the letter also states that “Iran’s nuclear infrastructure should be constrained in order to ensure that it does not have the ability to make a nuclear bomb for the aforementioned duration. For this, an “inspection and verification regime” should be in place to inspect locations at short notice.