More than 200 Republicans in Congress have sent a letter to President Trump urging him that any deal with Iran must involve the complete dismantlement of Tehran’s nuclear enrichment program, which Iranian officials have made clear is a non-starter.
The letter was signed by 177 GOP House members and every Republican in the Senate except for Rand Paul (R-KY). “The Iranian regime should know that the administration has Congressional backing to ensure their ability to enrich uranium is permanently eliminated,” the letter reads.
The Republicans pointed to comments from Trump administration officials demanding Iran eliminate uranium enrichment, though it’s unclear if that’s the demand they’re making in talks with Iran, since negotiations continue to advance.
“You and your administration have therefore correctly drawn a red line against a deal that allows Iran to retain any enrichment capacity,” the letter says.
The vast congressional opposition to a deal that will allow Iran’s enrichment program to stay intact will be noted by Iran since it’s aware that any deal without congressional approval could be easily reversed by a future president, which makes it less likely for Tehran to make concessions.
According to multiple media reports, Iran has suggested the idea of a joint uranium enrichment program with Saudi Arabia and the UAE in recent negotiations. But at this point, it’s unclear if the idea is feasible or if the US would accept it.
President Trump has been threatening to bomb Iran if a deal isn’t reached, meaning if the talks fail, the US and Iran could go to war. The letter was celebrated by the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC since Israel wants the US to participate in an attack on Iran.
“Today, the overwhelming majority of Senate and House Republicans reaffirmed that Iran must dismantle its nuclear program,” AIPAC wrote on X, calling the letter an “important effort.”
Trump has been threatening to attack Iran over its nuclear program even though his intelligence agencies recently reaffirmed that there’s no evidence Tehran is building a bomb or that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reversed his ban on the development of nuclear weapons.
Amwaj is total fake news. Iran has not and would never in a trillion years suggest "joint uranium enrichment program with Saudi Arabia and the UAE" which are genocidal Arab supremacist regimes hellbent on exterminating all Persians and Shia in West Asia. This has not been reported in any other media nor in Iranian media. The reformist regime currently in power in Iran is pro-West and is willing to make certain concessions (but they can't because IRGC will veto any such concessions) but this is one ludicrous idea that not even they would come up with.
Why is Antiwar propagating Wahhabist fake news websites and propaganda?
” This has not been reported in any other media nor in Iranian media.”
It’s discussed in Farhikhtegan Daily and the Tehran Times. Those are both “other” media and “Iranian” media. You not wanting to believe something doesn’t make it fake news.
If you have bothered to read any of two sources you would discover that it was a Harvard individual that promulgated that idea not the Iranians….
This is NOT a new idea:
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It had been proposed many times before by Iran connected sources and associates. It is a very good idea and a possible way to break the deadlock and achieve a peaceful resolution. Why would anyone be against it??
”The idea was originally proposed by former Iranian nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Princeton physicist Frank von Hippel long before the current Tehran-Washington talks in an October 2023 article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.”
Excuse me but you are using "social media"(???) not the Iranian point of view….
If this was not true, Iran would immediately deny it like they always do with lies the USISR spread. But they WANT this … if it solves the main problem.
At this point, enrichment does not get them anything … they've already proven they can do it and the know how does not ever go away. They are now looking for a face-saving way to get the most out of a compromise.
Sorry, what's Tehran Times?
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Do you think a story of this criticality gets published by a media source in Iran w/o the regime's say so?
If this was not true, Iran would immediately deny it like they always do with lies the USISR spread. But they WANT this … if it solves the main problem.
At this point, enrichment does not get them anything … they've already proven they can do it and the know how does not ever go away. They are now looking for a face-saving way to get the most out of a compromise.
Once again fomenting misinformation in service of division …
Also, the fact that you don’t accept the regime’s own news outlets as Iran’s word is hilarious.
Say what? Regime's own "outlets"??? Can you read, at all??
Can you be less of an idiot??? A little bit??
Finally you demonstrate that your reading comprehending are at the kindergarten level. No arguments just ad hominem replicas. Bay bay….
Congress must declare war and Trump cannot act alone!! Follow the Constitution or face the ugly consequences.
USA first. NOT Israel. Remember the USS Liberty!
That was an ignorant statement. In any deal you always ask for more than you think you can get and then negotiate with space to make concessions.
As for the USS Liberty, there was a communications error, a grievous error, during the fog of war, as pointed out in numerous investigations. USS Liberty was not supposed to be within 100 miles of the conflict.
Can you name one benefit Israel would have derived from attacking the United States? Please do not dodge the question.— Please think before you post
Peep, the evidence is right before your eyes and experienced in great detail by those that were blessed enough to survive the attempted massacre on the USS Liberty.
With the Genocide going on in Gaza and the growing belief that Mossad was involved in both the JFK murder and 911 why would anyone even doubt, with all the evidence, that Israel attacked the USS Liberty knowing full well it was a USA vessel with the goal of killing all aboard and sinking the ship. The motives for doing so are many. Are you paid by AIPAC to post here? 🙂
The USS Liberty, an American intelligence ship under the dual control of the Defense Intelligence Agency/Central Intelligence Agency and the Sixth Fleet, was assigned to monitor the fighting from a distance. As a result of a series of United States communication failures, whereby messages directing the ship not to approach within 100 miles were not received by the Liberty, the ship sailed to within 14 miles off the Sinai coast. The Israelis mistakenly thought this was the ship shelling its soldiers.— 10 US investigations, which I have posted for the reader's convenience. Easy to verify if you were interested in the facts.
From the US Navy's own timeline: 8 June—0250: Commander, U.S. Navy Europe’s (CINCUSNAVEUR) duty officer received phone instructions from the Joint Reconnaissance Center directing Liberty to comply with Commander, Sixth Fleet’s (COMSIXTHFLEET) 100-mile operating area restriction.
–The Liberty violated that restriction because they did not receive that communication, according to the later investigations.
No one is denying it was a tragedy and a horror show for the victims of our Navy ship. And the surviving victims have their story, but the 10 US investigations show that it was a grievous error because of miscommunications, not an intent to attack the US. Zero benefit to attack the US!
peep, you clearly are a mouthpiece for Israel. I find you terribly disgusting and unlike you I put the interest of the USA citizens over that of Israel. 🙂 (Listen to and or read the record of the slaughter and attack by the survivors of the USS Liberty, they have no doubt of the duplicity of Israel.)
Again–
Anyone can fly a flag, but they were not supposed to be within a hundred miles of the conflict—–

U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry

June 10-18, 1967
 The attack was a case of mistaken identity. Calm conditions and slow ship speed may have made American flag difficult to identify. No indication the attack was intended against U.S. ship.

CIA Report

June 13, 1967
 The attack was not made in malice and was a mistake.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Fact Finding Team (Russ Report)

June 9-20, 1967
 Outlined "findings of fact," but did not make any findings about the actual attack.

Clifford Report
July 18, 1967

No premeditation, but "inexcusable failures" by Israeli forces constituing "gross negligence."

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

1967
 Secretary of Defense McNamara testified he supported conclusion that the attack was not intentional.

Senate Armed Services Committee

Feb. 1, 1968. 
No conclusion. Secretary McNamara makes comparison of attack on Liberty to that on Pueblo with regard to uncertainty about what was happening at the time of the incident.

House Appropriations Committee
April-May 1968
Navy communications "foulup" and no conclusion regarding Israeli actions. Much of report remains classified.

House Armed Services Committee

May 10, 1971
 Critical of Navy communications, no conclusion regarding Israeli actions.

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
1979
Responding to critical book by Liberty crewman James Ennes, Senate investigation found no merit to his claim attack was intentional.

National Security Agency

1981
 Liberty was mistaken for an Egyptian ship as a result of miscalculations and egregious errors.

House Armed Services Committee

June 1991
 Responding to request from Liberty Veterans Association, Subcommitte on Investigations launched probe that concluded there was no evidence to support allegations made by the Association and no reason for further investigation.
Ram Ron Commission

June 12, 1967. 
The attack was made "neither maliciously nor in gross negligence, but as the result of a bona fide mistake. Also notes that the Liberty made a mistake as well by carelessly approaching a war area.

Preliminary Inquiry

July 1967

There was no malicious intent and no deviation from the standard of reasonable conduct that would justify a court-martial.
I wonder what attitude he'd have if the Israeli spies who stole our nuclear tech were caught doing it and were shot right there? Or even just arrested? You can bet the "Anti-word" would have been heavily invoked.
Wow, another day and another story.
Tell us the one about a secret spy on the Liberty that was channeling intel to Egypt making the Liberty a legitimate military target – unlike the Soviet vessels in the region that the Zios didn’t attack.
Yeah, that’s my favorite fan fiction.
The Egyptian Air Force and much of the Navy were taken out on the first day of the war, and the Liberty happened on the fourth day.— Try again
Like when does hasbara ever have to comport with truth or objective reality.
I did not fabricate the time line, it is public record, nor did I fabricate all the public records that I listed above.
If you have any contradictory doccumentation, please educate the readers.
Oh don’t flatter yourself, who gives a shit what you say one way or the other.
I’m referring to the bullshit story spread by creeps like you.
The USS Liberty had a huge USA, red, white, and blue flag flying overhead.
Anyone can fly a flag, but they were not supposed to be within a hundred miles of the conflict—–

U.S. Navy Court of Inquiry

June 10-18, 1967
 The attack was a case of mistaken identity. Calm conditions and slow ship speed may have made American flag difficult to identify. No indication the attack was intended against U.S. ship.

CIA Report

June 13, 1967
 The attack was not made in malice and was a mistake.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Fact Finding Team (Russ Report)

June 9-20, 1967
 Outlined "findings of fact," but did not make any findings about the actual attack.

Clifford Report
July 18, 1967

No premeditation, but "inexcusable failures" by Israeli forces constituing "gross negligence."

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

1967
 Secretary of Defense McNamara testified he supported conclusion that the attack was not intentional.

Senate Armed Services Committee

Feb. 1, 1968. 
No conclusion. Secretary McNamara makes comparison of attack on Liberty to that on Pueblo with regard to uncertainty about what was happening at the time of the incident.

House Appropriations Committee
April-May 1968
Navy communications "foulup" and no conclusion regarding Israeli actions. Much of report remains classified.

House Armed Services Committee

May 10, 1971
 Critical of Navy communications, no conclusion regarding Israeli actions.

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
1979
Responding to critical book by Liberty crewman James Ennes, Senate investigation found no merit to his claim attack was intentional.

National Security Agency

1981
 Liberty was mistaken for an Egyptian ship as a result of miscalculations and egregious errors.

House Armed Services Committee

June 1991
 Responding to request from Liberty Veterans Association, Subcommitte on Investigations launched probe that concluded there was no evidence to support allegations made by the Association and no reason for further investigation.
Ram Ron Commission

June 12, 1967. 
The attack was made "neither maliciously nor in gross negligence, but as the result of a bona fide mistake. Also notes that the Liberty made a mistake as well by carelessly approaching a war area.

Preliminary Inquiry

July 1967

There was no malicious intent and no deviation from the standard of reasonable conduct that would justify a court-martial.
Israel fighter jets and motor torpedo boats killed 34 USA sailors, wounded 75, and left 821 rocket and machine-gun holes in the Liberty.
President Lyndon Johnson [1963-1969] made all crew member swear to secrecy.
“Tin soldiers and Trump is coming! We’re finally on our own! This summer I hear the drumming! Forget it Ohio! Forget it Ohio!”
I gotta ask. Why do you keep repeating the lyrics wrong?
Ohio
Song by
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Neil Young
Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?
Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio
Four dead in Ohio (four dead)
Four dead in Ohio (four)
Four dead in Ohio (how many?)
Four dead in Ohio (how many more?)
Four dead in Ohio (why?)
Four dead in Ohio (oh)
Four dead in Ohio (four)
Four dead in Ohio (why?)
Four dead in Ohio (why?)
Four dead in Ohio
Four dead in Ohio
Brings back memories, as I saw "Alice's Restaurant" while in the hospital in Vietnam in 1969, and later I brought a couple of keys into Los Angeles, followed much later by seeing Arlo Guthrie on tour and after he invited me onto his bus with my wife. I told him about seeing the antiwar film while I was fighting in an unnecessary war in Vietnam, and he told me that most of his Alice's Restaurant videos were sold on Army bases. Meeting him in person was special. Thanks for sharing.
Great musician. Not as influential as his dad, but definitely worthwhile.
The letter was celebrated by the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC since Israel wants the US to participate in an attack on Iran.
Probably drafted by AIPAC.
Ah, the US Congress … the finest deliberative body money can buy …
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Nice propaganda! I will come and visit you next time I need a break from reality.
A nuclear deal with just Iran is stupid to begin with. The only nuclear deal we need is that all countries with nukes dismantle them and give them up then we can talk. Why should the US and Israel have the power to tell anther country that they cannot have a nuke while the bullying powers have plenty?
While the warmongers and neocons want wars – they are profitable for the elites, Trump wants no wars, just wants for America to be the only superpower again with him as king controlling everyone. Therefore he needs a strong military and weapons to unleash on "rogue or terror groups" when needed without bothering to declare war.
Don't make it look like turning Trump into Mother Theresa or Gandhi.
What? They aren't demanding that they dismantle all of their ballistic missiles, drones, and convert to Christianity as well? I'm impressed by their open mindedness
Iran agreed to give up nukes what more does the US want war and deaths?
Republicans are having an identity crisis and you can see it in the tug of war over President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill.” The nub of the conflict: Will Republicans be a majority party of working people or a permanent minority speaking only for the C-suite?
Mr. Trump has promised working-class tax cuts and protection for working-class social insurance, such as Medicaid. But now a noisy contingent of corporatist Republicans — call it the party’s Wall Street wing — is urging Congress to ignore all that and get back to the old-time religion: corporate giveaways, preferences for capital and deep cuts to social insurance.
This wing of the party wants Republicans to build our big, beautiful bill around slashing health insurance for the working poor. But that argument is both morally wrong and politically suicidal.
——Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) May 12, 2025 New York Times
The people who put Trump in the White House didn't vote to cut or take away health care from Americans. Especially considering "Great Ally" Israel enjoys Universal healthcare for all its citizens, unlike the USA.
Checkout whose names are on AIPAC's contribution list.