The campaign of US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has called for Congress to renew the expiring Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) without adding additional measures to it.
Jesse Lehrich, a spokesman for Clinton, told The Hill newspaper in a statement on Thursday that “Hillary Clinton supports a clean reauthorization of the Iran Sanctions Act and believes Congress should get this done in short order when they return from recess.”
“She has always made clear that while the historic deal passed last year represents a crucial step forward toward preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, we must proceed with a ‘distrust and verify’ approach,” he said.
“Maintaining the infrastructure to immediately snap back sanctions if Iran violates the terms of the deal is essential. Congress should put partisanship aside and send the president a clean ISA reauthorization bill for his signature,” he added.
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