Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and seven of her Republican colleagues have introduced legislation aimed at weakening the relationship between Iran and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
“Iran would love nothing more than to enter into another nuclear deal that props up their terrorist activity and also benefits their fellow New Axis of Evil partner—Communist China,” Ms. Blackburn said in a Dec. 5 statement accompanying the legislation.
“As Iran and the CCP commit egregious human rights abuses against their own citizens and Iran-backed Hamas enacts horrific violence against Israel, it has become increasingly critical that the Biden administration holds the Iranian regime fully accountable,” she added. “There must be no nuclear deal until we can ensure our national security interests are protected.”
The legislation, called the Iran China Accountability Act, would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate to ratify any nuclear agreement with Iran.
It would also freeze any federal funds for a nuclear agreement on several conditions—Iran terminating “all agreements involving a strategic military or security partnership” with China, the CCP ceasing the incarceration of…
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