Democratic Senators Fire Back at Iran for Retaliation Threat Over Sanctions Renewal

Senate Democrats are ripping Iran over threats issued by top Iranian officials to retaliate if Congress extends sanctions that the Obama administration has said are permitted under last summer’s nuclear deal, according to conversations with lawmakers conducted by THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

The increasingly heated rhetoric, which includes threats from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, comes in the aftermath of a United Nations report documenting Iranian violations of the deal, as well as the election of President-elect Donald Trump, who has called the agreement “the worst deal ever negotiated.”