Passing bills in the US Congress to put pressure on Iran

according to the report of the International Group Tasnim News Agency, the US House of Representatives last night passed a series of bills aimed at pressuring Iran financially after the missile attack. and approved Tehran’s retaliatory drone against the Zionist regime.

According to this report, three separate bills entered the floor of the Congress under the suspension of the laws. A fast process, the approval of which requires the support of two-thirds of the representatives for approval, and provides the possibility of a quick vote in the floor.

These bills, which were approved last night, were completely uncontroversial and supported by the majority of Democrats.

According to these bills, punishment Financial sanctions are widely imposed on Iran, and those who support it and its network of proxy groups. These bills include a bill to end the tax-exempt status of non-profit organizations that they claim support terrorist groups, a bill aimed at disrupting China’s purchase of oil and petrochemical products from Iran, and an attempt to cut off the Iranian government’s access to It is from the American financial system.

This Meanwhile, yesterday Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, stated that he is trying to stop Iran’s retaliatory missile and drone attack against Israel will pass the aid bill to Israel this week in Congress

Johnson’s two previous attempts to pass the aid bill to Israel without allocating any aid to Ukraine have been unsuccessful.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives made these statements while the White House announced in a statement that Joe Biden, in a phone call with Congress President Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Hakim Jefferies, the minority leader of the Congress, emphasized about Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel and the necessity of sending foreign aid to friendly and allied countries.

According to this statement, Biden in The phone call emphasized the urgent need for congressional action to pass this national security supplemental bill as soon as possible, while Congress President Mike Johnson is under increasing pressure to pass a foreign aid bill for America’s friends and allies in the open floor. Congress is ahead. This bill has already been approved in the US Senate, but it has not been voted on in Congress due to the opposition of some Republicans.

while two days ago Steve Scalise, the leader of the majority of the US House of Representatives, announced in a statement that after the retaliatory missile and drone attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Israel, the lawmakers of the Congress changed their meeting schedule and passed the bill for allocating support funds for the Israeli regime and holding Iran accountable after this attack. Will check next week.

According to this report, it is not yet clear whether Scalise is referring to a separate aid bill for the Zionist regime or he means the same bill. It is a supplement of 95 billion dollars in the US budget, which includes 14 billion dollars in aid for this regime, plus 60 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine, and the allocation of aid funds for Taiwan to counter China’s influence and the allocation of billions of dollars in humanitarian aid.

This supplementary bill was approved in February of this year with the support of 70% of the Senate, but it remains blocked in Congress and has not been put to a vote because the lawmakers of Congress have allocated auxiliary funds. Most of them are against Ukraine. The bill is also opposed by a group of left-leaning Democrats who want to allocate more aid to Israel while it massacres innocent people in Gaza.

According to Tasnim, this operation is in response to the Israeli attack on the consulate on April 13 Iran is in Damascus and the martyrdom of senior Iranian advisers is in this country.

also Iran’s massive missile and drone response to the Israeli regime’s attack on Iran’s consular building in Damascus was widely reflected in the world media and became the headline of most media.

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden called Iran’s missile and drone response to the Zionist regime as unprecedented and admitted that these attacks targeted Israeli military facilities.

Condemning Iran’s resolute missile and drone response, he said: I spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the phone to emphasize the strong commitment of the United States to Israel’s security.

He claimed: We helped Israel to shoot down all drones and missiles fired thanks to our systems that we have deployed in the region to destroy ballistic missiles.

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