A bipartisan House duo is concerned the Biden administration could let Iran’s nuclear program off the hook

Iran’s efforts to advance its nuclear program are alarming Reps. Ruben Gallego and Jim Banks, who are warning Secretary of State Antony Blinken it could “represent a serious U.S. policy failure.”

“The lack of accountability from this administration on Iran’s nuclear program has emboldened the regime to escalate its other destabilizing activities, including its growing relationships with Russia and China and the use of proxy terrorist forces around the world,” the two lawmakers write in a letter dated Nov. 1.

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The two lawmakers are asking the State Department to provide them with information about the status of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s investigation into Iran’s nuclear program, including a determination of whether Iran was still in compliance with The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, among other concerns. Iran has generally denied having a goal of developing nuclear weapons, though the country continues to scale up its nuclear program.

“This administration must increase its efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons capability and must clearly communicate that future progress will be met with drastic consequences,” they wrote.

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