Hours after a pair of deadly terrorist attacks in Iran’s capital city left at least 40 people dead on Wednesday, the U. S. Senate advanced a bill that would impose new sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
Entitled the ‘Countering Iran’s Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017,’ the law would enforce an arms embargo, target Iranian businessmen affiliated with the country’s ballistic missile program and impose terrorism-related sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The bill was introduced in late March and is sponsored by Republican Sen. Bob Corker.
The Senate opened debate on the sanctions resolution after a 92-7 vote on Wednesday; the bill is open to amendments before a final Senate vote.
Sen. Bernie Sanders was one among few senators to criticize the bill, but only for the timing of the vote – too soon after the attacks in Tehran – not the content of the resolution.
‘Let us tell the people of Iran that while we have serious disagreements with them on a number of issues, that today when they are mourning, when they are dealing with the shock of a terrorist attack, today is not the day to go forward with this piece of legislation,’ Sanders said.
This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on JUNE 9, 2017.
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