U.S. Congressman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chair of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the California GOP Convention on Saturday that he is deeply concerned about increases in the Iranian regime’s terrorist activity as a result of the Iran deal.
He noted that the Obama administration was “rolled” when negotiating the deal.
“Call me naïve, but I always thought that the international inspections were going to be done by international inspectors,” Rep. Royce said, recalling news that the regime in Iran will be allowed to self-inspect its Parchin military base, according to secret side deals between the regime in Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He argued that learning about the side deals was the point at which the American public woke up to the reality of the dangers of the deal.
“It turns out, the Iranians got a better deal than the North Koreans got,” Rep. Royce said, because of the secret “side deal.” Rep. Royce recalled his deep concern and worry from the start of the talks due to Wendy Sherman’s involvement as a head negotiator despite having failed to broker a stable nuclear deal with North Korea, which now has nuclear weapons, Breitbart reported.
Western civilization, Rep. Royce explained, is the Iranian regime’s main target. The Iranian regime just announced a new ballistic missile, called the Fateh 313, that has a range of over 300 miles. Tehran is telling Hezbollah that it will supply the Lebanese terror group with the GPS capability for guidance and control so it can target and direct close to 100,000 missiles with which the Iranian regime has already provided them, Breitbart said.
Additionally, Rep. Royce noted that the regime in Iran has committed to putting the money up to rebuild the destroyed Hamas tunnels and to resupplying the terrorist organization with rockets, explaining that the money for these terrorist ventures will come from the $60 to $100 billion in sanctions relief that Iran will be receiving as a result of this deal. “A lot of this has to do with their commitments to Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah,” Rep. Royce said.
