Opposing the lifting of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran without addressing the full scope of Irans malign activities, including its nuclear program, ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, weapons proliferation, support for terrorism, hostage-taking, gross human rights violations, and other destabilizing activities.

Opposing the lifting of sanctions imposed with respect to Iran without addressing the full scope of Irans malign activities, including its nuclear program, ballistic and cruise missile capabilities, weapons proliferation, support for terrorism, hostage-taking, gross human rights violations, and other destabilizing activities. Whereas the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (commonly referred to as the JCPOA Whereas, under the JCPOA, restrictions on the number and types of centrifuges that Iran may manufacture, retain, test, and use, the number and types of enrichment facilities that Iran may construct, and the amount and level of enriched uranium and heavy water that Iran may stockpile, will expire; Whereas multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions adopted between 2006 and 2010 required Iran to suspend all enrichment of uranium, but the JCPOA did not require Iran to cease its enrichment of uranium, a failure that is directly responsible for Irans expanded enrichment activity today; Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (in this preamble referred to as UNSCR 2231 Whereas neither the JCPOA nor UNSCR 2231 adequately addressed the threat emanating from Irans ballistic and cruise missile program or long-standing support for terrorism, and the sunset provisions applied to prohibitions in UNSCR 2231 and the JCPOA severely weakened their restrictions and inadvertently legitimized that program and support; Whereas, based on the shortcomings of the JCPOA and UNSCR 2231, bipartisan majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives opposed the JCPOA and the sanctions relief for Iran contained in the agreement; Whereas the sanctions relief contained in the JCPOA provided resources necessary for Iran to continue developing ballistic missiles and supporting terrorism; Whereas the United States Government has designated Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (in this preamble referred to as the IRGC 8 U.S.C. 1189(a) 50 U.S.C. 1701 Whereas, by a vote of 982 in the Senate and 4193 in the House of Representatives, Congress required the imposition of terrorism-related sanctions against the IRGC as part of the Countering Americas Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9401 Whereas, on May 21, 2018, the United States Government outlined steps that the Government of Iran must take to normalize relations with the United States, including (1) providing the International Atomic Energy Agency a full account of the possible military dimensions of its nuclear program and permanently and verifiably abandoning that program; (2) ceasing all enrichment and vowing never to pursue plutonium reprocessing; (3) providing the International Atomic Energy Agency with access to all sites throughout the entire country; (4) ending its development and proliferation of ballistic missiles; (5) releasing all United States citizens currently held hostage, as well as citizens of countries that are partners and allies of the United States; (6) ending support for terrorist groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad; (7) respecting the sovereignty of Iraq by demobilizing Iranian-controlled Shia militias in the country; (8) ending its military support for the Houthi militia in Yemen; (9) withdrawing all forces under Iranian command in Syria; (10) ending support for the Taliban in Afghanistan and for senior al Qaeda leaders around the region; (11) ending the IRGCs support for terrorists and militant partners around the world; and (12) halting its threatening behavior against its neighbors; Whereas President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the JCPOA on May 8, 2018, and gradually reimposed sanctions that were suspended by the Obama administration under the JCPOA, depriving the regime of valuable funds that the regime could have used to support its malign activities; Whereas the JCPOA defined the sanctions that the Obama administration suspended under the JCPOA as nuclear-related nuclear-related Whereas the Obama administration agreed to define the most significant bilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran as nuclear-related Whereas, pursuant to the terms of the JCPOA, sanctions were lifted on Iranian financial institutions, cargo vessels, aircraft, fraudulent charities, and other entities that were not linked to Irans nuclear program, but were sanctioned for illicit conduct; Whereas, pursuant to section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 ( 22 U.S.C. 8551(a) the Government of Iran no longer satisfies the requirements for designation as a state sponsor of terrorism Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, and development of, and verifiably dismantled its, nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and ballistic missiles and ballistic missile launch technology Whereas, on March 12, 2020, President Trump extended the national emergency declared by Executive Order 12957 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 Whereas the Department of the Treasury has determined that the IRGC and its affiliated entities have a dominant presence in Irans commercial and financial sectors and maintain extensive economic interests in the defense, construction, aviation, oil, banking, metal, automobile, and mining industries; Whereas, on October 8, 2020, the Secretary of the Treasury designated the financial sector of Iran for the imposition of sanctions, authorizing sanctions with respect to persons operating in Irans construction, mining, manufacturing, and textile sectors, to deny the Government of Iran financial resources that may be used to fund and support its malign activities; Whereas the United States Government has sanctioned Iranian entities for their support to, or association with, Irans terrorism campaigns, ballistic missile program, or the Supreme Leader of Iran, including the Central Bank of Iran, the National Development Fund of Iran, elements of the IRGC, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, and entities in Irans banking, petroleum, and industrial sectors; Whereas, in February 2020, the Financial Action Task Force, the global anti-money laundering standard-setting body, fully lifted the suspension of countermeasures and called on its members and urged all jurisdictions to apply effective countermeasures relating to the terrorist financing risk emanating from Iran and the threat that poses to the international financial system; Whereas the United States Government, under Democratic and Republican administrations, has concluded that Iran provides a safe haven for al Qaeda leaders and that the al Qaeda network has used Iran to establish a core pipeline Whereas the United States Government has sanctioned entities in the Government of Iran for perpetrating human rights abuses; Whereas, pursuant to section 8 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104172 50 U.S.C. 1701 (1) has ceased its efforts to design, develop, manufacture, or acquire (A) a nuclear explosive device or related materials and technology; (B) chemical and biological weapons; and (C) ballistic missiles and ballistic missile launch technology; (2) has been removed from the list of countries the governments of which have been determined to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; and (3) poses no significant threat to United States national security, interests, or allies. ; and Whereas the concept of nuclear-related That the Senate (1) reaffirms that it is the policy of the United States not to allow Iran to develop or otherwise acquire a nuclear weapons capability; (2) resolves that the lifting or termination of sanctions with respect to Iran must take place only as provided for under section 401(a) of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 ( 22 U.S.C. 8551(a) Public Law 104172 50 U.S.C. 1701 (3) rejects and opposes the reapplication of sanctions relief, including the use of waivers, de-listing individuals or entities, or the application of licenses, provided for in, or incident to, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, including on any sectors of the Iranian economy or any individuals or entities designated for the imposition of sanctions under United States law for supporting terrorism, missile development and proliferation, human rights abuses, corruption, or Irans other destabilizing activities; (4) opposes reversing the finding that identifies Iran as a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern under section 5318A of title 31, United States Code; (5) opposes the lifting of the U-Turn (6) opposes the suspension or lifting of the call for countermeasures by the Financial Action Task Force on the Iranian financial sector until Iran fully completes its action plan.

Summary: This resolution opposes lifting specified sanctions on Iran and resolves that these sanctions may be terminated only after Iran has ceased providing support for acts of international terrorism and has dismantled its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and related technologies.