{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-gop-colleagues-urge-blinken-to-marshal-new-suite-of-un-sanctions-on-iranian-regime", "Sullivan, GOP Colleagues Urge Blinken to Marshal New Suite of UN Sanctions on Iranian Regime", "2023-11-03", "2023", "2023-11", "Republican", "Senate", "AK", "Dan Sullivan", "S001198", "www.sullivan.senate.gov", "sullivan", "https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases?PageNum_rs=18", "scraper", "WASHINGTON\u2014U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), this week led a letter with 12 of his Senate Republican colleagues to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, demanding the Biden administration press for a broader, more permanent framework of sanctions on Iran from the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). On October 18, the UN\u2019s sanctions on Iran\u2019s ballistic missile and drone programs expired, and in October 2020, the UN\u2019s conventional arms embargo against Iran expired\u2014both of which are delayed consequences of the Obama administration\u2019s disastrous Iran nuclear deal.\n\n\u201c[Iran\u2019s] systemic support of terror merits broader, permanent treatment by the UN Security Council,\u201d the senators wrote. \u201cIf the Russian Federation and the People\u2019s Republic of China wish to demonstrate their opposition to the UN Charter\u2019s call to advance peace and security, it would provide important clarity to other nations suffering from Iranian terror threats of their true allegiances.\u201d\n\n\u2026\n\n\u201cA new UNSC resolution should target the same activity the UN permanently sanctioned prior to the 2015 enactment of Resolution 2231, including\u2026involvement in Iran\u2019s enrichment, reprocessing, and heavy water production; assistance with its ballistic missile testing, development, and launches; transfer of nuclear and missile technology to Iran; transfer of conventional weapons, rockets, and drones to and from Iran. It should also add a multilateral prohibition on the import of Iranian oil, petroleum products, metals, or investment in its energy sector, essentially multi-lateralizing the objective of American secondary sanctions in these areas.\u201d\n\nThe senators argued that Iran\u2019s material support for terrorist organizations\u2014especially after the recent Hamas massacre in Israel\u2014poses a significant threat to the world and merits strong sanctions, just like Iran\u2019s nuclear program.\n\nThe letter is signed by Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Thune (R-S.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:49:58Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.sullivan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sullivan-gop-colleagues-urge-blinken-to-marshal-new-suite-of-un-sanctions-on-iranian-regime"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8665178902447224, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}