Chris Coons

We have to maintain a credible conventional military deterrent to protect U.S. interests and our allies in the region.

We have to work together to find ways to strengthen the administration's ability to push back against Iran's continuing bad behavior.

We have to continue to push the executive branch to monitor, enforce, and implement this agreement.

I will continue to call for Congress to do three things.

As someone who narrowly agreed to support the agreement, characterizing it as the least bad option before us at the time.

The demands of the JCPOA... are going to place a very special responsibility on the IAEA.

I think it is incumbent on us to work closely together in the legislative branch to ensure that we take greater action to strengthen our unilateral sanctions against Iran's ballistic missile program.

My strong impression is that the IAEA is a thorough, cautious, professional organization, and so they are simply being responsible.

I commend the administration for its recent actions, I encourage that they continue, and I encourage that you enhance the implementation of the nuclear accord.

I remain disturbed Iran continues to flagrantly violate the human rights of the Iranian people.

Iran's recent ballistic missile tests... demonstrate that the nuclear deal will not change Iran's behavior.

I remain deeply concerned that Iran continues to expand its influence in the Middle East and increase support for its terrorist proxies.

I think thinking that unless there is something so out of bounds that it is egregious that we are going to be able to easily put that coalition back when everybody is in Tehran trying to do business right now is just not going to happen.

I expect Iranian cheating to be initially marginal and initially modest, and if they are not responded to promptly and effectively in a coordinated way with our allies, we will lose whatever advantage we may have gained through this…

I have taken the initiative to meet with both the British and French ambassadors recently and to just reinforce my view that there are sanctions that remain on the books that we will enforce and that we intend to enforce.

I think what was the strong point of the Obama administration in the last 8 years was that we built an international coalition that exacted costs on the Iranian regime.

I do think it is important to do. I think it is important that we be in a position to actually executive the snapback of sanctions if it comes to that.

They remain a nuclear threat because the knowledge of how to enrich uranium and produce a weapon is widely distributed amongst their technical and engineering staff.

Saying is good; doing is better.

I think our responsibility working together to deter Iran and contain Iran is more urgent and more difficult than ever before.

I am relieved by the long overdue release of five Americans from unjust Iranian custody.

We have to work together-- in that same spirit of resolve that led to the JCPOA--to support the implementation of this nuclear deal.

All of us are very pleased by the JCPOA. We are glad this exists.

We will continue to hold Iran accountable for violations of the measures imposed by this Council.

The United States, as well as other Council members, has appropriately and firmly condemned these violations.