The Senate has passed a war powers resolution on Iran for the first time. It was the 10th time such an initiative was held to a vote, passing on Tuesday on a 50-48 vote.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer reacted to the development by saying that Americans have paid a price for "Trump's historic blunder in Iran," which will "go down in the history books as one of the worst foreign policy forays America has ever made."
The Republicans who supported the measure are Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Rand Paul and Bill Cassidy. John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against it.
While Republicans had been able to block the measure, this time they were not considering that Mitch McConnell was recently admitted to the hospital for an undisclosed manner and Dave McCormick was not present either.
Hostilities in Iran have stopped, and the U.S. and Iran have begun negotiations after signing a memorandum of understanding that also led to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Tensions, however, remain. President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected Iran's claim that it has not agreed to let members of UN watchdog IAEA inspect its nuclear sites.
In a social media post, Trump claimed that "Despite their protestations and false statements to the contrary, coupled with the drumbeat of the Fake News, which is doing everything possible to make the U.S. Victory as small and insignificant as possible, Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!)."
He went on to say that the agreement will ensure "Nuclear Honesty" and, had Tehran not agreed to it, "there would be no further negotiations."
Trump added that based on "this and other major concessions being made by Iran, I have agreed to allow the Hormuz Strait to remain OPEN, with no further Naval Blockade" but warned the situation could change, even if such scenario "seems, at this point, highly unlikely."
"The Money and/or Sanctions that the U.S. Treasury is releasing goes into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A., and will be used for the purchase of food and medical supplies, exclusively from the United States, including Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans from our great American Farmers. These are things that are desperately needed by Iran. This is a humanitarian crisis, and I feel it is necessary to help, NOW, before it is too late. Talks are going well!" Trump concluded.
The publication follows remarks from Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqhaei, who said officials did not have a "meeting with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, nor do we have any plans for the agency to inspect Iran's nuclear facilities damaged by the U.S. and Zionist military aggression."
The official went on to say that addressing nuclear issues is conditional "upon the implementation of specific clauses of the memorandum."
