Republicans in Congress stepped up their efforts on Monday to complicate nuclear negotiations with Iran, with 47 senators sending an open letter to the Iranian leadership warning that the next US president could undo any agreement with the “stroke of a pen”.
Signed by the large majority of Republican senators, the letter is the latest attempt by the party to exert influence over the nuclear negotiations with Iran, including last week’s invitation for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress.
The Republican senators were immediately accused by both the White House and Congressional Democrats of trying to undermine the Obama administration’s foreign policy.