To: President Barack Obama, President Donald Trump, and The United States Senate
No new "Strangling Sanctions" on Iran.
No new sanctions on Iran until we know what their new president will do who carries hope for their people for reform. We need an olive branch, not a bat. Bad timing!
Why is this important?
Although the Iranian regime has been one of the worst human rights offenders in the world and has been unwilling to allow inspections of nuclear power plants, they are on the crest of a new presidential inauguration. To pass more sanctions now sends a bad message and gives the hardliners more ammunition against the US. The timing of the House vote has raised sharp questions about the kind of message it would send to Iran’s president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, before he takes office.
MJ Rosenberg: "Since his election he has made clear that his goal is to resolve the US-Iran stalemate over Iranian nuclear development through negotiations... There is not one reason for passing this punitive bill before the new president takes office, unless, of course, AIPAC’s goal is to insult Rouhani and the Iranian nation in order to push him toward becoming another Ahmedinejad."
Let's not sabotage any possibility of resolving this or our own reputation around the world by attacking the Iranian people with new sanctions... especially not NOW!
Read more: http://mjayrosenberg.com/2013/07/31/house-to-pass-new-aipac-iran-sanctions-bill-to-keep-war-option-hot/ by MJ Rosenberg
Update: 16 House members led by Rep. Jim McDermott, WA, say House action on #Iran is wrong. Signed Letter: http://www.mcdermott.house.gov/images/pdf/iranletter.pdf
MJ Rosenberg: "Since his election he has made clear that his goal is to resolve the US-Iran stalemate over Iranian nuclear development through negotiations... There is not one reason for passing this punitive bill before the new president takes office, unless, of course, AIPAC’s goal is to insult Rouhani and the Iranian nation in order to push him toward becoming another Ahmedinejad."
Let's not sabotage any possibility of resolving this or our own reputation around the world by attacking the Iranian people with new sanctions... especially not NOW!
Read more: http://mjayrosenberg.com/2013/07/31/house-to-pass-new-aipac-iran-sanctions-bill-to-keep-war-option-hot/ by MJ Rosenberg
Update: 16 House members led by Rep. Jim McDermott, WA, say House action on #Iran is wrong. Signed Letter: http://www.mcdermott.house.gov/images/pdf/iranletter.pdf