releases: https://cheney.house.gov/2020/08/22/cheney-cornyn-support-president-trumps-directive-to-snapback-sanctions-on-iran/
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| https://cheney.house.gov/2020/08/22/cheney-cornyn-support-president-trumps-directive-to-snapback-sanctions-on-iran/ | Cheney, Cornyn Support President Trumps Directive To Snapback Sanctions On Iran | 2020-08-22 | 2020 | 2020-08 | Republican | House | WY | Liz Cheney | C001109 | cheney.house.gov | legacy | Washington Wyoming Congresswoman and House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Texas Senator John Cornyn (R-TX),along with 49 of their Republican colleagues,sent abicameralletter to President Trumptoday expressing supportfor his maximum pressure campaign against Iran and the Administration's decisionto snapback all pre-Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) sanctions againstTehran. The letterunderscoresthatsnapback sanctions are necessary to defend the U.S. and its allies from the existential threat of a nuclear Iran,especially with the first of several key restrictions, the U.N. arms embargo, expiring in October. They write that invoking snapback sanctions on the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism sends a clear message to Tehranthat it mustcease itsdestabilizing and malign activitiesand agree to complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization. The full letter can be found hereand seen below. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |