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| https://web.archive.org/web/20160907021354/https://heck.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/heck-backs-house-actions-against-iran | Heck Backs House Actions Against Iran | 2016-07-14 | 2016 | 2016-07 | Republican | House | NV | Joe Heck | H001055 | web.archive.org | legacy | WASHINGTON - As the world marks one year since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between Iran and Western nations, led by the United States, was signed, Congressman Joe Heck (NV-03) today backed a series of House actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran. H.R. 5119, the No 2H2O from Iran Act, which prohibits federal funds from being used to purchase heavy water from Iran, or to issue licenses to purchase heavy water, and H.R. 5631, the Iran Accountability Act, which expands and strengthens existing sanctions against Iran related to its ballistic-missile program, support for international terrorism, and its ongoing record of human rights abuses against its own population, were passed by the House amid reports from German intelligence sources that Iran "continues to conduct illegal proliferation-sensitive procurement activities at a quantitatively high level." "The Iran deal is as bad for our national security and regional stability today as it was a year ago when it was signed," Rep. Joe Heck said. "Since the deal was signed, Iran has renewed its vows to destroy Israel, launched ballistic missiles in violation of United Nations weapons bans, captured and held U.S. sailors, and, according to reports, is still aggressively pursuing its nuclear weapons program. The fact is, we got a terrible deal with an untrustworthy partner. The actions taken by the House will deny Iran another revenue stream through the sale of heavy water and expand sanctions against its missile program and its international terrorist arm, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.-Quds Force." In addition to supporting the House-passed bills, Rep. Heck also cosponsored H.R. 5727, the Preventing Iranian Destabilization in Iraq Act, legislation that seeks to counter the active role of Iran, its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force (IRGC-Quds), and its proxy militias that seek to destabilize Iraq by imposing economic sanctions on Iran and its affiliate terrorist organizations. In July of 2015, after the nuclear deal with Iran was announced, Rep. Heck spoke out against the deal, noting that the U.S. and its partners in the negotiations, "caved on anytime-anywhere nuclear site inspections, even giving Iran a say in which sites get inspected, and that the deal lifts the conventional arms embargo on Iran." Several months later, after the deal garnered enough support from Senate Democrats to sustain a veto threat of the House-passed resolution of Congressional disapproval, Rep. Heck stated, "The whole deal depends on Iran, a country that has never shown any interest in adhering to international norms and obligations, suddenly cooperating with the terms of this nuclear weapons agreement. In addition, I am not convinced that this Administration is willing to take decisive action in the event that Iran does not comply with one of the many requirements of this deal." These statements were released in the midst of the Obama Administration actively misleading the media and American people on the terms of the Iran deal. Via the Washington Post: One of President Obamas top national security advisers led journalists to believe a misleading timeline of U.S. negotiations with Iran over a nuclear agreement and relied on inexperienced reporters to create an echo chamber that helped sway public opinion to seal the deal, according to a lengthy magazine profile. Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, told the New York Times magazine that he helped promote a narrative that the administration started negotiations with Iran after the supposedly moderate Hassan Rouhani was elected president in 2013. In fact, the administrations negotiations actually began earlier, with the countrys powerful Islamic faction, and the framework for an agreement was hammered out before Rouhanis election. More reading on our "partner" in the nuclear deal from Reuters: After nuclear deal, Iran sticks to wary tactics in key Gulf waterway ABOARD THE USS NEW ORLEANS Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps on Monday dispatched five military vessels to monitor a U.S. warship hosting one of America's top generals on a day trip through the Strait of Hormuz, coming as close as 500 yards (meters). Iran missile tests 'not consistent' with nuclear deal spirit: U.N. report UNITED NATIONS Iran's ballistic missile launches "are not consistent with the constructive spirit" of a nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, but it is up to the United Nations Security Council to decide if they violated a resolution, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Thursday. Iran's Khamenei says U.S., 'evil' Britain can't be trusted: state TV ANKARA Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday Tehran had no intention of cooperating on regional issues with its main enemies, the United States and "evil" Britain. ### Congressman Joe Heck represents Nevada's Third Congressional District in the House of Representatives. He serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |