Sanders Wants Iran Sanctions Bill Delayed in Wake of Tehran Attacks
US Senator Bernie Sanders has urged the Senate to delay voting on an anti-Iran sanctions bill to protect the 2015 nuclear deal and show solidarity with Iranians in the wake of Wednesday’s terror attacks in Tehran, according to Press T.V.
Senators were preparing to vote for a bill that introduces more sanctions against Iran over its development of ballistic missiles for defensive purposes.
Speaking on Senate floor, Sanders advised lawmakers against extending sanctions against Iran while the Islamic Republic mourned the victims of two terror attacks that killed 12 people and injured dozens more in the capital Tehran earlier.
“Let us be aware and cognizant that earlier today the people of Iran suffered a horrific terror attack in their capital Tehran, in which 12 people were killed and many more were injured,” the Vermont senator told his colleagues, referring to two terror attacks at Iran’s parliament and Imam Khomeini’s Mausoleum.
“In a time when tensions are extremely high in that part of the world, our goal must be to find ways to bring people together to reduce tensions rather than to exacerbate this very painful and dangerous situation,” Sanders said.
He reminded other senators that Iranian people joined their leaders and expressed their support for Americans following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York and even held vigils for the victims.
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