Congress of the United States lashington, BE 20515 March 20, 2015 ‘The President ‘The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avene, N.W. ‘Washington, DC 20500 ‘Dear Me, Provident AAs the deadline for a comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran nears, we write t0 you to underscore the grave and urgent issues that have arisen in these negotiations. While we hope the Administation is able to achieve a lasting and meaningful agreement, we understand that there are several difficult issues that remain unresolved. No issue will be harder to resolve with the Iranian regime than the status of its uranium ‘enrichment program. This isthe key technology Iran would need to develop a nuclear bomb ~ technology that Iran has been permitted to continue to research and develop under the interim ‘aangement. Many of us wrote to you a year ago, calling for dismantlement of significant portions of Iran's nuclear infiastructute, “such that Iran will not be able to develop, build, ot quire a nuclear weapon.” A final comprehensive nuclear agreement must constrain Iran's nuclear infastructre 50 that Iran has no pathway to a bomb, and that agreement must be long Jasting. International inspectors report that fran has still not revealed its past bomb work, despite its international obligations to do so. Of the 12 sets of questions that the Intemational Atomic Energy Agency has been seeking, Tehran has answered just part of one. Just last week, the IAEA reported that it is still oncemed about signs of Iran’ military related activites, including designing a auclear payload for a missile, Indeed, inspectors had amassed “over a thousand pages” which showed “research, development and testing activities” on technologies needed t0 develop a nuclear weapon. Last fll, over 350 Members of the House wrote to the Seoretary of State expressing deep concems about this lack of cooperation. The potential military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program should be treated as a fundamental test of Tebran’s intention to uphold the final comprehensive agreement. Unless we have a full understanding of an's past program, it will be impossible for the international community to judge Iran's future breakout time with certainty, sran’s record of clandestine activity and intransigence prevents any tust im Iran. Indeed, a top ‘State Department negotiator has told Congress tha, “deception is part of [Iran's] DNA.”” Even uring the period of negotiations, Iran has illicitly procured nuclear technology, which your Administration quickly sanctioned. Additionally, because of the strict inspections regime under the Joint Plan of Action, Tehran was caught testing a more advanced centrifuge that would have helped produce bomb material more quickly. Given Iran's decades of deception, negotiators ‘must obtain maximum commitments to transparency by Iran. Any inspection and verification‘The President March 20, 2015 Page 2 regime must allow for short notice aveess to suspect locations, and verifiable constraints on Iran's nuclear program must lat for decades. Finally, while the negotiations with Iran have focused exclusively on Trans nuclear program, itis critical that we also consider Iran's destabilizing role in the region. Iran is boosting Assad in Syria, supporting sectarian elements in Irag that undercut hopes fora unified and stable country, and providing assistance to Hezbollah, which continues to threaten Israel. And last month, an Iranian-backed militia displaced the government in Yemen, a key counterteorism partner. Ian's Supreme Leader has also called tor an expansion of his country's ballistic misile program, yet another dimension of the potential threat posed by Iran, Iran’s role in fomenting instability in the region—not to mention Iran's horrendous repression at home—demonstrates the risks of negotiating with a partner we eannot trust. ‘The United States has had a longstanding interest in preventing Iran from achieving a nuclear ‘weapons capability. Over the last twenty years, Congress has passed numerous pieces of legislation imposing sanctions on Iran to prevent that outcome, ultimately forcing Iran into negotiations. Should an agreement with Iran be reached, permanent sanetions relief from ccongressionally-mandsted sanctions would require new legislation. In reviewing such an ‘agreement, Congress must be convinced that its terms foreclose any pathway to a bomb, and ‘only then will Congress be able to consider permanent sanctions relief, Resolving the nuclear crisis with Iran remains of grave importance to our nation’s security. As ‘the Administration continues to negotiate with Ira, we are prepared to evaluate any agreement to determine its long-term impact on the United States and our alles. We remain hopeful that a diplomatic solution preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon may yet be reached, and We ‘want to work with you to assure such a result Diller —————— GL Es DOES eRe +— crowa (oer Member of Congress‘The President Mareh 20, 2015 Page 3 7 c KEVIN M&CARTHY Membr of Congsess STEVE SCALISE THEOAORE E. DEUTCH Member of Congress Momber of Congress BRAD SHERMAN ‘Member of Congress ILEANA ROS EN “Member of Congress TED ‘NITA M. LOWEY ‘Member Mf Congress ‘Member of Congress rc Penge DAVID N. 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