Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tom Cotton—among Congress’ most adamant defense hawks—made clear Thursday that they will only support a deal with Iran that completely eliminates Tehran’s ability to make nuclear weapons.
The lawmakers joined forces to promote their Senate resolution on preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, a resolution they say is modeled on President Donald Trump’s statements to Iran’s supreme leader.
“If Iran ever acquired a nuclear weapon capability … you’d have a nuclear arms race in the Mideast,” said Graham, R-S.C.
“But more importantly to me, I think they would use it. I think if Iran had a nuclear weapon, they would use it as part of their radical religious regime. The ayatollah and his henchman are virtual religious Nazis,” he added.
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