a

wide effort to stop Iran from develop-
ing nuclear weapons.
"The goal is that through interna-
tional sanctions, diplomacy or even
military action, Iran would reverse
course and cease its nuclear program.
We were pleased that Michigan's
congressional delegation, its state
legislature, newspapers, radio and TV
all supported this effort in a variety
of ways.
"It has been clear that any diplo-
macy would be conducted in a
hostile, distrustful atmosphere. Iran
has been an enemy for more than 30
years. It propagandizes against the
`Big Satan' (the U.S.) and the 'Little
Satan' (Israel). It has worked against
U.S. troops in Iraq. It is the leading
sponsor of terror in the world today.
And its leaders make anti-Israel
statements almost weekly and have
endorsed Holocaust denial.
"Now we are faced with the results
of a recent diplomatic effort led by
the Obama administration. While it
is too early to tell if the effort will be
effective, there are several worrying
facets to the agreement. If the goal is
for Iran to stop producing weapons-
grade fuel, why does Iran get to keep
its centrifuges running? Why does
Iran get to keep its enriched uranium
stockpile? And why does Iran get to
keep its heavy water reactor running?
Any final agreement must not
leave Iran in a position to continue
its drive for nuclear weapons capabil-
ity or able to restart it with ease. We
endorse congressional hearings on
the agreement and oversight of its
implementation."

Eugene
Greenstein
Eugene Greenstein,
Ph.D., president
of the Zionist
Organization of
America-Michigan
Region, said the deal

is a big mistake:
"The Iran deal is a very bad deal.
It does not eliminate Iran's nuclear
infrastructure or their ICBM develop-
ment program with North Korea. It
abandons sanctions, our only peace-
ful leverage, and gives them more
time in return for empty words.
"U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer
(D-N.Y.) said that the deal's Vispro-
portionality makes it more likely that
Democrats and Republicans will ...
pass additional sanctions: This is the
silver lining.
"The deal is, to borrow from
Harvard law Professor Alan
Dershowitz, such a 'cataclysmic error'
that it brings together Republicans,
Democrats, Israelis, Saudis and every

other rational person who recognizes
a bad and dangerous deal.
"On the other hand, Iranian
President Rouhani crows that the
deal recognizes Iran's 'nuclear rights:
Hezbollah praises the deal as a vic-
tory over the Great Satan. When
murderers, terrorists, fanatics and
anti-Semites praise a deal, the rest of
us ought to be against it.
"President Obama's recent words
are strikingly similar to Neville
Chamberlain's in 1938. Chamberlain
appeased Hitler and WWII began.
We should not appease. We should
use our leverage and moral authority
and leadership and resources to com-
pel Iran to retreat from its mantra:
`Death to America and Israel:
"Instead, we are helping the
totalitarian mullahs, murderers of
American soldiers and bombers of
Jewish centers and American embas-
sies.
"Since 2008, President Obama has
said that a nuclear Iran is intolerable,
period. It is past time that our deeds
matched those words."

Rep. Gary
Peters
U.S. Rep. Gary
Peters (D-Detroit)
has worked in the
past for sanctions
on Iran and offers
these comments:
"The interim deal reached with
Iran is a step toward what has long
been and what must continue to be
our objective: ensuring that Iran
never obtains nuclear weapons capa-
bility.
"Negotiations were made pos-
sible by the strong sanctions that
have been imposed by the interna-
tional community and United States
Congress.
"Moving forward, we need to con-
tinue to work closely with our allies,
including Israel and our Gulf part-
ners, to ensure that the global com-
munity is unified in confronting the
Iranian nuclear threat.
"The burden is now squarely on
Iran to be transparent and uphold its
commitments. Iran must now coop-
erate according to its obligations and
take concrete actions to show it is
serious about abandoning its nuclear
weapon ambitions, or further sanc-
tions will be needed.
"The six months ahead are criti-
cal; Congress and the administration
must remain vigilant until we have
ensured, along with our allies, that
Iran no longer has nuclear weapons
capability that poses a threat to the
region and the international commu-
nity."

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