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Republican senators

Also known as: 47 Republican senators, nearly all Republican senators

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Editorials Supporting an Iran Nuclear Deal, January - September 2015 armscontrol.org Arms Control Association 12 facts

claimThe Press Democrat reported that 47 Republican senators sent a letter to Iranian leaders asserting that any agreement regarding Iran's nuclear-weapons program not approved by the U.S. Congress would be considered merely an executive agreement between President Barack Obama and Ayatollah Khamenei.

perspectiveThe Des Moines Register editorial board described the letter sent by Republican senators to Iranian leaders as an orchestrated attempt to undermine U.S. efforts to negotiate an agreement with Iran regarding the use of nuclear materials.

claimThe White House characterized the actions of Republican senators sending a letter to Iran as a partisan strategy designed to undermine the President's ability to conduct foreign policy and advance national security.

perspectiveThe Daily Miner editorial board criticized the 47 Republican senators who sent a letter to the Islamic Republic of Iran, arguing that the letter attempted to downplay the significance of any nuclear development deal Iran might make with President Barack Obama.

claimA letter sent by 47 Republican senators to Iran's leaders asserted that any nuclear agreement reached between the United States and Iran without congressional approval could be reversed by the next U.S. president with a stroke of a pen.

claimThe Longview News-Journal claims that the attempt by 47 Republican Senators to derail nuclear negotiations with Iran offended five other nations that are working to control Iranian nuclear aspirations.

claimMarco Rubio and nearly all Republican senators in the United States Senate sent a letter to Iranian leadership in March 2015 intended to undermine a potential diplomatic agreement that could have frozen Iran's nuclear program for at least a decade.

accountThe Journal Gazette editorial board compared the 2015 letter sent by 47 Republican senators to Iranian leadership to a 1968 incident where presidential candidate Richard Nixon secretly communicated with the government of South Vietnam to undermine peace negotiations being conducted by the Johnson administration.

perspectiveThe San Jose Mercury News editorial board opined that the letter sent by 47 Republican senators to Iranian leadership was a display of arrogance that may have doomed the chance of peacefully resolving Iran's nuclear status.

perspectiveThe Providence Journal editorial board criticized Republican senators for sending a letter to Iranian leaders, stating that writing to hostile foreign governments while the State Department is pursuing diplomatic breakthroughs is inappropriate and serves neither the country nor the party well.

perspectiveThe Kansas City Star editorial board characterized the letter sent by Republican senators to Iranian leaders as duplicitous and disrespectful, arguing that it sought to undermine delicate international negotiations and the authority of the White House.

claimThe Canton Repository claims that the 47 Republican Senators who issued an open letter to Iran's leaders undermined President Barack Obama's attempts to negotiate a nuclear agreement and undercut their own goal of achieving Congressional buy-in for any accord.