The White House, State Department and ten Senate Committee chairs warned on Thursday that new Iran sanctions legislation introduced by Senator Bob Menendez risks undermining US diplomatic efforts to reach a peaceful resolution with Iran over its nuclear program.
"We don't want to see action that will proactively undermine American diplomacy,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told journalists at the White House Thursday. “We made it very clear to the Senate that it is not the time for new Iran sanctions. We don’t think it will be or should be enacted.”
