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Published January 21, 2015
This May 24, 2011 file photo shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with House Speaker John Boehner on Capitol Hill in Washington.(AP)
House Speaker John Boehner announced Wednesday he is inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress next month about the threat from Iran, in a sharp rebuke to President Obama.
Such invitations typically are coordinated with the White House and State Department, but this one was not.The House speaker's office said Netanyahu will be invited to speak Feb. 11 before a joint session of Congress. The invitation comes as lawmakers weigh legislation, supported by Republicans and some Democrats, to tee up more sanctions against Iran in case negotiations fail to curtail the country's nuclear enrichment program.
Obama vowed Tuesday during his State of the Union address to veto any such legislation. But Boehner signaled he wants Netanyahu to explain the stakes of the debate, as he pledged to press ahead with the legislation.
Prime Minister Netanyahu is a great friend of our country, and this invitation carries with it our unwavering commitment to the security and well-being of his people, Boehner said in a statement.In this time of challenge, I am asking the prime minister to address Congress on the grave threats radical Islam and Iran pose to our security and way of life.
Asked about the invite, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest described it as a breach of typical protocol since the White House wasn't involved. But he said the administration would reserve judgment until they speak with the Israelis.
Critics of Obama and his foreign policy say the president has failed to keep close ties to Israel, a long-time U.S. ally and a key country in providing Middle East stability. Among their concerns is that the Obama administration has not done enough to curb Iran's suspected pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
In his State of the Union address, Obama warned that legislation setting new potential sanctions would "all but guarantee that diplomacy fails."
But Boehner told members of the GOP House Conference on Wednesday morning: The president warned us not to move ahead with sanctions on Iran, a state sponsor of terror. His exact message to us was: 'Hold your fire.' He expects us to stand idly by and do nothing while he cuts a bad deal with Iran.Two words: 'Hell no'."
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Iranian protesters burn the Israeli flag during the funeral procession of Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi in Tehran on January 21, 2015. ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's Revolutionary Guard said Wednesday that Israel will be punished for killing one of its generals in an airstrike in Syria that also killed six Lebanese Hezbollah fighters.
Nasser Soltani, a senior Guard commander, said "Israel will certainly pay for what it did." He spoke during a ceremony Wednesday for Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Allahdadi, who will be buried in his hometown of Sirjan in southeastern Iran on Thursday.
Iran has repeatedly vowed to retaliate against any attacks by Israel or Western powers in recent years. It is unlikely to respond militarily, but may step up the support it already provides to armed groups like the Palestinian Hamas and the Lebanese Hezbollah movements.
State TV said Allahdadi was "martyred while performing his advisory mission" in Syria.
Iran and Hezbollah, close allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad, blamed Israel for Sunday's airstrike in the Golan Heights. Israel, which is believed to be behind a number of airstrikes in Syria in recent years, has neither confirmed nor denied involvement.
Allahdadi is one of the highest ranking Iranian officers known to have been killed abroad in decades. Another senior Guard commander, Brig. Gen. Hamid Taqavi, was killed during a battle against the Islamic State extremist group in Samarra, Iraq last month.
Shiite-majority Iran says it has sent military advisers to assist Syria and Iraq in battling Sunni extremist groups, but Tehran has denied sending combat forces.
"The path of the martyr Allahdadi is unstoppable. It will continue until the liberation of the sacred Quds (Jerusalem) and elimination of the Zionist regime as a disgraceful blot in the region," Iran's chief Guard commander, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying Wednesday.
Gen. Akbar Fotouhi, another senior Guard commander, accused Israel of being in league with the extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq.
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A day after President Obama threatened to veto any sanctions bill against Iran, lawmakers on Wednesday clashed with top administration officials over U.S. strategy in nuclear talks with the Islamic republic and indicated that they would drive headlong toward tougher legislation.
The determination of a group of bipartisan lawmakers to pass measures they believe will raise pressure on Iran escalates a high-stakes battle with the Obama administration. The White House has warned that new sanctions will scuttle hopes of reaching an agreement with Iran and unravel an international coalition enforcing existing sanctions.
But members of Congress, including Obamas nominal Democratic allies on foreign policy, expressed no willingness on Wednesday to cede the issue of how to best deal with Iran in the run-up to the July deadline for the talks.
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, wants the administration to submit any final deal to Congress for approval. Other key lawmakers want legislation that would impose a series of escalating penalties should the talks fail. Still others suggested a nonbinding resolution stating Congresss intent to impose crippling sanctions if negotiations fail. Whatever the approach, members from both sides of the aisle are insisting on a role in shaping the outcome of the talks, pushing back against the administrations appeal to give diplomacy room to work.
Over the past 18 months, we have been moving closer to their [the Iranians] positions on all key elements, said Sen. Robert Menendez, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, at a testy three-hour hearing. The more I hear from the administration in its quotes, the more it sounds like talking points that come straight out of Iran.
Administration officials insisted that further sanctions or other pressure would only risk undermining the diplomatic effort by the world powers. I know the intent is to further increase pressure on Iran and, in so doing, strengthen the hand of our negotiators, Deputy Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said. But, he said, the administration believes that additional sanctions are unnecessary at this time and risk unraveling the current sanctions regime. Iran is well aware that the sword of Damocles hangs over its head, he said. It needs no new sanctions.
Menendez, of New Jersey, has drafted legislation with Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, who sits on the Banking Committee, that would not impose sanctions for the duration of the talks. But if the negotiations fail, the bill would reimpose sanctions lifted in the interim and escalate them in a series of steps.
The high emotions on display during the hearing suggest that both sides are girding for battle. As the hearing proceeded, on the other side of the Capitol, aides to House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) announced that he is inviting Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on Feb. 11 on the threats posed by Iran and radical Islam. Netanyahu has been skeptical of the talks and has taken the position that any agreement should not leave Iran as a nuclear threshold country, one that could move to acquire nuclear weapons quickly.
Clearly, theres a majority in Congress in support of additional sanctions, said Robert Einhorn, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former member of the U.S.team negotiating with Iran. But whether they have the 67 votes to override a veto is another story. The administration will go all out to gain the necessary 34 votes to sustain a veto.
Administration officials reiterated their position that an interim deal between Iran and six world powers in November 2013 has frozen Iranian nuclear activity in several key respects, including forcing the regime to reduce the size of its stockpile of enriched uranium. They said they are making progress toward a final agreement, even as real gaps remain.
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