September 8, 2015 | Quote

Should Congress Approve the Iran Deal?

We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Those articles sparked a heated debate, so we decided to ask a broad pool of experts to state whether they agree or disagree with the following statement and to rate their confidence level about that answer: 

Congress should approve the JCPOA.

Results:

 

  Iran Deal Poll Results

 

Mark Dubowitz is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Strongly Disagree, Confidence Level 10      

The agreement gives Iran a patient pathway to nuclear weapons and an economy immunized against snapback sanctions. It makes war more likely against a more dangerous regime. Congress has rejected or amended over 300 international treaties and agreements. It should do so again to keep European companies out of Iran and position the next president to more effectively address the fatal flaws of this agreement.

Issues:

Iran