To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Breaking news: Negotiations with Iran are too important to give up on
Please back President Obama's diplomatic approach to Iran. Now is not the time to undermine negotiations with calls for increased sanctions or unrealistic demands for a final deal. Don't lead us down a path that could lead to another senseless war in the Middle East.
Why is this important?
Breaking News: Negotiators in Vienna have announced that they are going to extend talks with Iran for another 4 months.
These talks are incredibly important and it’s crucial that negotiators have the time to secure a deal that solves the Iranian nuclear issue. Even before the extension was announced, conservative lobby groups were calling the negotiations a failure and pushing to increase sanctions on Iran. John McCain has even said: “I think the sanctions that have been relaxed ought to be reimposed.”
The President has made it clear over and over again the increasing sanctions on Iran during the negotiations will undermine diplomacy and take us down the path to war. Over the next few days representatives in Congress will be looking at legislation to increase sanctions - we need to let them know now that they must stand with the President and support diplomacy.
We know our voices are crucial in these debates. It was your voices - through petitions, phone calls and meetings - that helped give diplomacy a chance last year, helped put the Menendez sanctions bill on ice and allowed the international community to reduce Iran’s nuclear stockpile. We will be in DC next week with the peace delegation and we will ensure that your petitions will be hand delivered to Congressional offices.