On the recordJuly 9, 2015
We are quickly approaching one of the most important deadlines in the recent history of the national security of the United States, the often postponed end of negotiations to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program. I support the goal of stopping Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions forever, and I have grave fears that the United States is headed down a very dangerous path of concession and surrender to a terrorist regime that has had American blood on its hands since 1979, military and civilian. Each and every day, we read new reports that Iranian leaders are systematically ``moving the goalposts'' on these important negotiations. Let me cite just a few examples. First, any prudent agreement would allow ``no notice'' inspections of suspected--not just declared-- Iranian nuclear weapon sites; yet the Iranian parliament has passed legislation banning inspections of their military installations. Senior Iranian officials have also taken it further, declaring: ``Not only will we not grant foreigners the permission to inspect our military sites, we will not even give them permission to think about such a subject.'' This attitude would make any agreement totally unverifiable.…
