Republican lawmakers in the US Senate are trying to sabotage a possible rapprochement or relaxation of tensions between the United States and Iran, says Brian Becker, an American political commentator and antiwar activist.
Becker, national coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, a protest umbrella group consisting of many antiwar and civil rights organizations, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Thursday.
A group of Republican senators introduced a bill on Thursday to impose new sanctions against Iran over what legislators have described as Tehran’s support for terrorism and human rights violations.
The bill is sponsored by Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican presidential candidate, and Senators Mark Kirk, Kelly Ayotte, Dan Coats and Cory Gardner as well as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Nine other Republican senators have also signed on the new bill, dubbed the “Iran Terrorism and Human Rights Sanctions Act of 2016.”
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