WASHINGTON – Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan vigorously denounced the nuclear deal with Iran that was implemented Saturday, vowing US lawmakers would “do everything possible” to prevent Tehran from getting the atomic bomb.
The agreement entered into force after key United Nations confirmation that Tehran has shrunk its atomic program, triggering the lifting of painful international sanctions on the Islamic republic.
“Today, the Obama administration will begin lifting economic sanctions on the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism,” Ryan said in a statement.
The Republican leader warned that “Iran is likely to use this cash infusion — more than $100 billion in total — to finance terrorists.”
“This comes just weeks after Tehran’s most recent illegal ballistic missile test, and just days after the IRGC detained 10 American sailors,” he said, referring to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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“A bipartisan majority in the House voted to reject this deal in the first place, and we will continue to do everything possible to prevent a nuclear Iran.”
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