Letter from Seventy-Six Senators to President Barack Obama Urging Tougher Sanctions and a Credible Military Threat to Accompany Dialogue with Iran

August 5, 2013

Weapon Program: 

  • Nuclear

Related Country: 

  • Iran

With the election of Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian people signaled their clear dissatisfaction with Iran's government and its policies. We hope such a surprising and convincing electoral outcome will persuade Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to abandon Iran's nuclear weapons quest. But until we see a significant slowdown of Iran's nuclear activities, we believe our nation must toughen sanctions and reinforce the credibility of our option to use military force at the same time as we fully explore a diplomatic solution to our dispute with Iran.

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