Over 50 House Republicans back Banks’ resolution opposing Iran nuclear deal amid Russia-Ukraine war

FIRST ON FOX: Dozens of Home Republicans are backing a decision disapproving of any new nuclear cope with Iran amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict and following a current Iranian missile assault close to a U.S. consulate.

“A renewed JCPOA would improve the danger of a nuclear Iran, enrich terrorists and destabilize all the area. All that apart, the method in Vienna can be a deal-breaker for any regular administration,” Republican Research Committee (RSC) Chairman Jim Banks, R-Ind., who’s main the decision, mentioned. 

“Simply days in the past, Iranian terrorists threatened to kill Americans on U.S. soil and the Iranian authorities brazenly took credit score for a missile assault close to the US consulate in Iraq,” Banks added. “Let’s be clear: Joe Biden isn’t simply negotiating with terrorists, he’s sending terrorists billions in sanctions aid.”

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Fifty-two Home Republicans co-sponsor the decision, together with Banks. Amongst them are Reps. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, Don Bacon, R-Neb., Claudia Tenny, R-N.Y., and Kat Cammack, R-Fla. Home Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., additionally helps the decision. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., is the co-leader of the decision. 

There was a quick pause within the Russia-mediated U.S.-Iran talks after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s navy invaded U.S. ally Ukraine in a brutal conflict that is solely escalating. However Biden administration negotiators now seem like shifting full-steam forward towards a deal which will even take away Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from the International Terrorist Group (FTO) checklist. 

The RSC decision opposes “participating Russia as a principal middleman for reviving any nuclear settlement,” “giving Russia any sanctions exemption or waiver” in a deal, and calls a nuclear deal not ratified by Congress “illegitimate.” 

This photograph launched Sept. 21, 2010, by the Iranian Protection Ministry, claims to point out the upgraded surface-to-surface Fateh-110 missile at an undisclosed location, in Tehran, Iran. 
(Vahid Reza Alaei/Iranian Protection Ministry, by way of AP, File)

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Earlier this week, 49 Republican senators vowed that they are going to “reverse” an Iran deal that weakens sanctions or nuclear restrictions in opposition to the rogue state. There are additionally 124 Home GOP co-sponsors for the “Most Stress Act” – which might successfully codify the Trump-era strategy to Iran. 

Taken collectively, Republicans say, these efforts clarify that any Biden settlement with Iran will likely be rolled again by the subsequent GOP president, and opposed firmly if Republicans take the congressional majority subsequent yr. 

One notable supporter of the decision is former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who’s broadly thought of a possible 2024 presidential candidate.

President Biden publicizes a ban on Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s financial system in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, within the Roosevelt Room on the White Home in Washington.
(AP Photograph/Andrew Harnik)

“President Trump and I threw out the JCPOA and introduced Iran to heel by way of a profitable most stress marketing campaign. We gave successive administrations a roadmap to make sure our allies’ safety and convey stability to the Center East. The Biden administration plans to throw all of it away,” Pompeo mentioned. “Any deal that enriches Iranian terrorists gained’t final. “

Former nationwide safety adviser Robert C. O’Brien, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley’s group Stand For America are additionally supporting the decision, Fox Information is instructed. 

The White Home, in the meantime, downplayed the Iranian missile assault and mentioned the administration is pushing towards a deal. 

“I imply, in case you have a look at the Iran — the missile strike that we noticed over the weekend, no U.S. amenities had been hit, no personnel had been harmed.  We weren’t the targets of that,” White Home press secretary Jen Psaki mentioned this week. “We proceed to imagine that, you recognize, clearly, a diplomatic path ahead is the most effective path ahead.”

Fox Information’ Adam Shaw, Brooke Singman, Chad Pergram and Wealthy Edson contributed to this report.