“[President Barack] Obama’s been able to bring the Israelis and Arabs together unlike anybody in history,” Graham said on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” referring to the criticism in the region over easing sanctions. “A bad deal will lead to war and a bad deal is allowing the Iranians the capability to produce a nuclear weapon.”
Graham (R-S.C.), who has been critical of the administration’s strategy over Iran’s nuclear program, compared the situation to North Korea.
“If you back off the sanctions, which the president wants us to do, if you infuse this regime with $10 billion, and you don’t dismantle their capabilities to produce a weapon, the international community is going to say, ‘A ha, sanctions are behind us’ and they’re going to race to do business with Iran and that’s exactly what happened in North Korea,” Graham said.
The White House said Monday that Obama will host key senators Tuesday to update them on the status of talks with Iran.