Ian Miles Cheong reports,
Reviving Iran nuclear deal will make Joe Biden the 'number one funder of terrorism in the world,' says Sen. Ted Cruz.
'Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world. They deliberately target American citizens for murder,' said Cruz, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 'And Joe Biden, for whatever reason, is eager to fund terrorists trying to murder Americans.'
“I think we could see a host of tools employed by multiple senators to stop this deal,” Cruz said in the interview, which was published on Thursday. “We still don’t know the specifics of the deal, but everything we hear keeps getting worse and worse by the day. At this point, it is complete surrender to the ayatollah. It is complete surrender to Russia and Putin.”
Iran, which is known for funding terrorist operations around the world through the Quds Force, Iran’s specialized unconventional warfare and military intelligence group, has been responsible for financing terrorist attacks in Iraq, Lebanon, and Israel’s Gaza Strip and West Bank. The Quds Force has also been tied to training Shia militias in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.
More than simply complaining about Biden’s efforts to negotiate with Iran, Cruz introduced legislation on Wednesday to stop the Biden administration from waiving Congressional sanctions that ban the U.S. government from helping Iran with its nuclear program.
In February, the Biden administration informed Congress that it was giving Iran and its international partners, including Russia, a waiver to conduct civil nuclear activities. Cruz claims that Iran is using its civil activities to build a nuclear weapons program, and has previously fought to rescind those waivers.
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