07.17.15

Sullivan Urges Secretary Kerry Against Introducing UN Resolution to Lift Iranian Sanctions

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) wrote a letter today to Secretary of State John Kerry, urging him not to introduce a resolution to the United Nations that would void sanctions on Iran prior to Congress debating and voting on the nuclear agreement finalized earlier this week.

Secretary Kerry is expected to introduce the UN resolution as early as Monday as part of the United States’ negotiated commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Congress passed the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015, which stated that Congress has 60 days to approve or disapprove any Iranian nuclear agreement. Congress has not even begun debate.

“This agreement should fully withstand the scrutiny of a process that has already been signed into law by the passage of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act before it comes to any outside body whose members are not citizens of the United States,” Senator Sullivan wrote to Secretary Kerry. “As a former member of the U.S. Senate, and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, you should be well aware that your current course of action would undermine the legal and Constitutional prerogatives of the U.S. Congress.”

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A copy of the letter is available here.