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Members Of Congress Signal Support For States’ Rights To Sanction Iran
by Rosie Gray
December 1, 2015

A new resolution being introduced in the House and Senate on Tuesday seeks to support individual states’ ability to maintain their own sanctions against Iran, despite Iran getting sanctions relief as part of the nuclear deal. Many states have their own sanctions against Iran separate from the federal government’s sanctions. The Iran deal, which was reached in Vienna in July, unwinds nuclear-related sanctions in exchange for Iran rolling back its nuclear program. The deal doesn’t affect U.S. sanctions related to Iran’s support for terrorism and human rights abuses. The fact that many U.S. states maintain their own sanctions against Iran could prove a complicating factor to the deal. The resolution is being introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Peter Roskam alongside Reps. Brad Sherman, Mike Pompeo, Ted Deutch, Lee Zeldin and Dan Lipinski. The group includes Democrats and Republicans. A Senate version is being introduced by Sens. Mark Kirk, Joe Manchin, and presidential candidate Marco Rubio; Kirk has been one of the most vociferous critics of the Obama administration’s Iran policy. READ MORE