Obama Administration To Rubio: Next President Could Undo Iran Deal

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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement after today's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Iran, which featured Secretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz:

"Despite their bluster and maneuvering at the United Nations, the Obama Administration admitted today what we already knew: the next president is under no legal or moral obligation to keep this flawed deal. This is President Obama's deal with Iran, and our allies and adversaries alike should take careful notice about Secretary Kerry's acknowledgment today about the limits of the agreement, the fact that neither the American people nor their elected representatives in Congress support this deal, and that if the next president returns America to its rightful indispensable role in the world, Iran will be dealt with quite differently than it has been during the Obama Administration.

"This should have a chilling effect for any business thinking about investing in Iran and setting up operations there. This deal will not outlive this administration, and international businesses that move in to Iran in the coming months need to know they will lose everything if the next president chooses not to continue granting Iran the national security waiver this president is pursuing, or if Iran once again fails to keep its promises.

"Today's hearing also raises more questions about whether the American people and the world are supposed to believe the Obama Administration's assurances on key aspects of the deal, or if we're supposed to believe the actual text of the nuclear agreement. The agreement states very clearly that the U.S. would be obligated to help Iran against future efforts to sabotage its nuclear program, but Secretary Kerry said today that is absolutely not the case.

"Iran is led by an evil regime that has never lived up to its previous international agreements, is currently involved in sponsoring terrorism and remains unrepentant in its desire to destroy the United States and Israel. Instead of legitimizing them and rewarding them as President Obama has done, we should be standing with our allies in opposition to Iran in word and deed."

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