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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 380 

To express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of preventing 

the Government of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2012 

Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. CASEY, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BROWN of Massachusetts, Mr. 

BROWN of Ohio, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COATS, Ms. COLLINS, 

Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HELLER, 

Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. MCCAIN, Mrs. 

MCCASKILL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. NELSON of Florida, 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. RISCH, Mr. 

SCHUMER, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. VITTER, Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. SESSIONS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

To express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance 

of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring 

nuclear weapons capability. 

Whereas since at least the late 1980s, the Government of the 

Islamic Republic of Iran has engaged in a sustained and 

well-documented pattern of illicit and deceptive activities 

to acquire nuclear capability; 

Whereas the United Nations Security Council has adopted 

multiple resolutions since 2006 demanding the full and 

sustained suspension of all uranium enrichment-related 


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and reprocessing activities by the Iranian Government 

and its full cooperation with the International Atomic 

Energy Agency (IAEA) on all outstanding issues related 

to its nuclear activities, particularly those concerning the 

possible military dimensions of its nuclear program; 

Whereas on November 8, 2011, the IAEA issued an extensive 

report that— 

(1) documents ‘‘serious concerns regarding possible 

military dimensions to Iran’s nuclear programme’’; 

(2) states that ‘‘Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device’’; and 

(3) states that the efforts described in paragraphs 

(1) and (2) may be ongoing; 

Whereas as of November 2008, Iran had produced, according 

to the IAEA— 

(1) approximately 630 kilograms of uranium-235 enriched to 3.5 percent; and 

(2) no uranium-235 enriched to 20 percent; 

Whereas as of November 2011, Iran had produced, according 

to the IAEA— 

(1) nearly 5,000 kilograms of uranium-235 enriched 

to 3.5 percent; and 

(2) 79.7 kilograms of uranium-235 enriched to 20 

percent; 

Whereas on January 9, 2011, IAEA inspectors confirmed 

that the Iranian government had begun enrichment activities at the Fordow site, including possibly enrichment 

of uranium-235 to 20 percent; 

Whereas if Iran were successful in acquiring a nuclear weapon capability, it would likely spur other countries in the 


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region to consider developing their own nuclear weapons 

capabilities; 

Whereas on December 6, 2011, Prince Turki al-Faisal of 

Saudi Arabia stated that if international efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons fail, ‘‘we must, 

as a duty to our country and people, look into all options 

we are given, including obtaining these weapons ourselves’’; 

Whereas top Iranian leaders have repeatedly threatened the 

existence of the State of Israel, pledging to ‘‘wipe Israel 

off the map’’; 

Whereas the Department of State— 

(1) has designated Iran as a ‘‘State Sponsor of Terrorism’’ since 1984; and 

(2) has characterized Iran as the ‘‘most active state 

sponsor of terrorism’’; 

Whereas Iran has provided weapons, training, funding, and 

direction to terrorist groups, including Hamas, 

Hezbollah, and Shiite militias in Iraq that are responsible 

for the murders of hundreds of American forces and innocent civilians; 

Whereas on July 28, 2011, the Department of the Treasury 

charged that the Government of Iran had forged a ‘‘secret deal’’ with al Qaeda to facilitate the movement of al 

Qaeda fighters and funding through Iranian territory; 

Whereas in October 2011, senior leaders of Iran’s Islamic 

Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force were implicated in a terrorist plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s 

Ambassador to the United States on United States soil; 

Whereas on December 26, 2011, the United Nations General 

Assembly passed a resolution denouncing the serious 


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human rights abuses occurring in the Islamic Republic of 

Iran, including torture, cruel and degrading treatment in 

detention, the targeting of human rights defenders, violence against women, and ‘‘the systematic and serious restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly’’ as well as severe restrictions on the rights to ‘‘freedom of thought, 

conscience, religion or belief’’; 

Whereas President Obama, through the P5+1 process, has 

made repeated efforts to engage the Iranian Government 

in dialogue about Iran’s nuclear program and its international commitments under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. 

Whereas on March 31, 2010, President Obama stated that 

the ‘‘consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran are unacceptable’’; 

Whereas in his State of the Union Address on January 24, 

2012, President Obama stated: ‘‘Let there be no doubt: 

America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to 

achieve that goal’’; 

Whereas Secretary of Defense Panetta stated, in December 

2011, that it was unacceptable for Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, reaffirmed that all options were on the 

table to thwart Iran’s nuclear weapons efforts, and vowed 

that if the United States gets ‘‘intelligence that they are 

proceeding with developing a nuclear weapon then we will 

take whatever steps necessary to stop it’’; 

Whereas the Defense Department’s January 2012 Strategic 

Guidance stated that U.S. defense efforts in the Middle 

East would be aimed ‘‘to prevent Iran’s development of 


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a nuclear weapons capability and counter its destabilizing 

policies’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) affirms that it is a vital national interest of 

3 the United States to prevent the Government of the 

4 Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring a nuclear 

5 weapons capability; 

6 (2) warns that time is limited to prevent the 

7 Iranian government from acquiring a nuclear weap8 ons capability; 

9 (3) urges continued and increasing economic 

10 and diplomatic pressure on the Islamic Republic of 

11 Iran to secure an agreement from the Government 

12 of the Islamic Republic of Iran that includes— 

13 (A) the full and sustained suspension of all 

14 uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing 

15 activities; 

16 (B) complete cooperation with the IAEA 

17 on all outstanding questions related to Iran’s 

18 nuclear activities, including— 

19 (i) the implementation of the Non20 Proliferation Treaty Additional Protocol; 

21 and 

22 (ii) the verified end of Iran’s ballistic 

23 missile programs; and 


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1 (C) a permanent agreement that verifiably 

2 assures that Iran’s nuclear program is entirely 

3 peaceful; 

4 (4) expresses support for the universal rights 

5 and democratic aspirations of the Iranian people; 

6 (5) strongly supports United States policy to 

7 prevent the Iranian Government from acquiring nu8 clear weapons capability; 

9 (6) rejects any United States policy that would 

10 rely on efforts to contain a nuclear weapons-capable 

11 Iran; and 

12 (7) urges the President to reaffirm the 

13 unacceptability of an Iran with nuclear-weapons ca14 pability and oppose any policy that would rely on 

15 containment as an option in response to the Iranian 

16 nuclear threat. 

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