Josh Rogin reports:
Freshman senator Tom Cotton said at a Bloomberg News breakfastTuesday he is pleased Iranian negotiators are complaining about the letter he and 46 other Republican senators wrote them about their nuclear negotiations with the Barack Obama administration.
Iranian officials reportedly raised the letter twice this week during negotiations with top U.S. officials. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif have been leading the talks, which re-started Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland. The deadline for a political agreement between Iran and the P5+1 countries is March 24.
Cotton said that the letter becoming part of the nuclear discussions was an indication of its success.
“They should be bringing up Congress’s role. They should be asking the president if any deal could pass Congressional muster, and if it doesn’t, what does that mean,” said Cotton. “That’s one reason why we though it was important to send the open letter to the leaders of Iran.”
Iranian officials reportedly raised the letter twice this week during negotiations with top U.S. officials. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif have been leading the talks, which re-started Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland. The deadline for a political agreement between Iran and the P5+1 countries is March 24.
Cotton said that the letter becoming part of the nuclear discussions was an indication of its success.
“They should be bringing up Congress’s role. They should be asking the president if any deal could pass Congressional muster, and if it doesn’t, what does that mean,” said Cotton. “That’s one reason why we though it was important to send the open letter to the leaders of Iran.”
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