Rep. Zeldin Statement in Strong Support of U.S. Withdrawal from Iran Nuclear Deal

Statement

Congressman Lee Zeldin (R, NY-1) just issued the following statement after President Trump announced the United States will withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal:

"The Iran Nuclear Deal is fatally flawed for what's in it and fatally flawed for what's not in it. The sunset provision and verification regime are just two of the very important elements that were not properly negotiated and agreed to. Since the JCPOA was entered into, Iranian aggression in the Middle East, including Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere, has only increased, and their illegal, nefarious, terrorist activities have only gotten worse, since all of the leverage that brought the Iranians to the table was negotiated away under the JCPOA.

"President Trump's decision to withdraw from the deal is the right decision for America's best interests. The Iran Nuclear "Deal' propped up the wrong regime, providing Iran, the world's largest state sponsor of terror, with a jackpot of up to $150 billion in sanctions relief, without even asking for a signature.

"The fate of this deal has truly been in Iran's hands, but instead of lifting the sunset provision and strengthening the verification regime they continued their nefarious and illegal activities, violating not only the spirit, but the letter of the deal several times. A better deal was necessary and obtainable, and even no deal would have been better than the JCPOA."

Source