President Barack Obama’s deal with Iran over that country’s nuclear program is drawing fire from Republicans in the Florida congressional delegation, and even some Democrats representing the Sunshine State are not happy with it.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who sits on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, came out swinging against Obama’s deal with Iran. Rubio labeled the deal as a “diplomatic failure” and slammed the “administration’s farcical approach to Iran” and in the Middle East.
“I look forward to hearing from administration officials what specific terms Iran has agreed to as part of what was supposed to be a comprehensive framework agreement, but the initial details appear to be very troubling,” Rubio said on Thursday.”Through more than a decade of efforts to resolve international concerns about Iran’s nuclear program, this regime has consistently lied about its ambitions and hidden the true nature of its efforts from the world. Among other issues, allowing Iran to retain thousands of centrifuges, keeping facilities such as Fordow open and not limiting Iran’s ballistic missile program indicate to me that this deal is a colossal mistake.
“This attempt to spin diplomatic failure as a success is just the latest example of this administration’s farcical approach to Iran,” Rubio added. “Under this president’s watch, Iran has expanded its influence in the Middle East, sowing instability throughout the region. Iran’s support for terrorism has continued unabated without a serious response from the United States. The regime’s repression of the Iranian people and its detentions of American citizens continue. And now Tehran is gaining international acceptance of its nuclear ambitions and will receive significant sanctions relief without making serious concessions.
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