Sec. 4. Statement of policy
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It is the policy of the United States as follows: To deny Iran all paths to a nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles capability, including by permanently, verifiably, and irreversibly eliminating its capabilities related to enrichment. To deter and defeat any attempts by Iran and its terrorist proxies to destroy the State of Israel. To roll back the totality of Iran’s malign influence and activities in the Middle East. To support the human rights of the people of Iran and to encourage their continued opposition to their illegitimate and brutal regime.
To require that any new agreement with Iran should be submitted to the Senate for ratification as a treaty. To impose maximum economic pressure on Iran, and keep all sanctions in place on Iran, until the regime fulfills the following 12 demands laid out by former Secretary of State Pompeo on May 21, 2018: Iran must declare to the International Atomic Energy Agency a full account of the prior military dimensions of its nuclear program, and permanently and verifiably abandon such work in perpetuity.
Iran must stop enrichment and never pursue plutonium reprocessing, including closing its heavy water reactor. Iran must also provide the International Atomic Energy Agency with unqualified access to all sites throughout the entire country. Iran must end its proliferation of ballistic missiles and halt further launching or development of nuclear-capable missile systems. Iran must release all United States citizens as well as citizens of United States partners and allies, each of them detained on spurious charges.
Iran must end its support for terrorism, including Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Iran must respect the sovereignty of the Iraqi Government and permit the disarming, demobilization and reintegration of Iranian backed militias. Iran must end its military support for the Houthi terrorists and work towards a peaceful, political settlement in Yemen. Iran must withdraw all forces under Iranian command throughout the entirety of Syria. Iran must end support for the Taliban and other terrorists in Afghanistan and the region and cease harboring senior al-Qaeda leaders.
Iran must end the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ support for terrorists around the world. Iran must end its threatening behavior against its neighbors including its threats to destroy Israel and its firing of missiles at Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and threats to international shipping and destructive cyberattacks.