A House Democrat group has rallied to raise various levels of concern over the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to revive a nuclear deal with Iran, saying the terms of the deal are deeply troubling. Led by Democrats Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey and Elaine Luria of Virginia, the 18-member Democrats say the United States should not enter into a bad deal with Iran that allows its terrorist activities to go unchecked and fails to prevent it. to never acquire nuclear weapons. “We understand that while the recent negotiations are not over, we feel we can not remain silent about the unacceptable and deeply troubling nature of these talks,” Louria told a Democratic news conference Wednesday. BIDEN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT ADDES “LEGALITY” TO IRAN’S ACTIVITIES, CAN PROVIDE RUSSIA RELIEF Negotiations continue in Vienna for the US re-accession to the international agreement from which President Trump withdrew in 2018. Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China are still part of the deal with Iran and are trying to save it. There have been reports in the past month that negotiators are close to an agreement, which has created a sense of urgency among Democrats to speak out. A major concern for lawmakers is the prospect that the United States could agree to Iran’s request that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) no longer be classified as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). Another concern is the alleged role of Russia in mediating and enforcing a possible agreement. “Will we seriously allow a war criminal, Vladimir Putin, to be the guarantor of this agreement?” said Gottheimer. “The message that Democrats want to send to the Biden administration is: ‘We need a bigger and stronger deal, not a shorter and weaker one. It’s time to stand strong against the terrorists, to protect American values ​​and our allies,’” he said. Gottheimer. DEMOCRATS DISCUSSED BY CONTINUOUS DISCUSSIONS ON RENAISSANCE OF IRAN’S NUCLEAR AGREEMENT: “RUSSIA SHOULD NOT FIND IT” Juan Vargas, D-California lawmaker, said the Biden administration had kept Congress in the “dark” and that the way its secret talks proceeded was reminiscent of the original 2015 deal. House Democrats hold a press conference on April 6, 2022, to express their concerns about a new Iran nuclear deal. Spokesman Josh Gottheimer, DN.J. Behind him are depicted from left to right the representatives of Juan Vargas, D-Calif., Dean Phillips, D-Minn. Donald Norcross, DN.J., and Elaine Luria, D-Va. (Marisa Schultz / Fox News) “It’s a bit like the last time. They keep us in the dark. Then εται it turns out that there are some fatal flaws,” he said. “It was a bad deal then, and it is a bad deal now,” Vargas added. DEMOCRATIC PARLIAMENT INVITES BIDEN ADMINISTRATOR TO POSSIBLE IRAN AGREEMENT: “IT MAKES NO ZERO” The 18 members gathered on Wednesday have varying degrees of concern about the deal – ranging from concern to outright opposition, Luria told reporters. They want firm commitments that they will be given the opportunity to vote on a new agreement with Iran. They say any new agreement is subject to the Iran Nuclear Deal Revision Act passed in 2015 and requires the administration to submit any agreement to Congress for review within five days of it being reached. Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, (AP Photo) To really prevent a deal in Congress, this would require vetoing a two-thirds majority in both houses – a tough battle with Democrats controlling both House and Senate.
A spokesman for Dean Phillips, D-Minn., Said he was in favor of diplomacy and a better deal, despite expressing “serious concern” about Iran’s past behavior. CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION “It’s not a whip operation,” Phillips said of the veto vote in Congress. “This is not a group trying to oppose the agreement with any part of the imagination … We are concerned about what we hear.” Democrats concerned about the Iran nuclear deal are: Gottheimer, Luria, Phillips, Vargas, Donald Norcross of New Jersey, Jared Golden of Maine, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Haley Stevens of Michigan, Tom Suozzi of New York, Brendan Boyle of Pennsylvania, Darren Soto of Florida, Val Demings of Florida, Jim Costa of California, Grace Meng of New York, Lois Frankel of Florida, Kathryn Kathe from Ohio and Suzy Lee from Nevada.
“We can not afford another failed deal,” Luria said.