Re: The U.S. Senate should give diplomacy with Iran a chance

More than 50,000 members have signed Sen. Chris Murphy's petition calling on the Senate not to undermine President Obama's diplomacy with Iran. Momentum in Congress and the media is swinging our way. Now's the time join in: Click here to sign Senator Murphy's petition.

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Dear MoveOn member,

I'm U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, and I started a petition to the United States Senate, which says:

The interim agreement with Iran gives the United States and our allies a chance to resolve the nuclear standoff with Iran without resorting to military action. The Senate should give negotiations the opportunity to succeed before voting on any additional sanctions or other efforts that would undermine diplomacy.

Last November, the United States and our partners in the international community reached a breakthrough agreement with Iran that allows negotiations to begin that can remove from Iran the ability to covertly obtain a nuclear weapon without resorting to military action.

The six-month deal provides unprecedented daily access to nuclear facilities in Iran, while halting or reversing important components of their current nuclear program. In exchange, the United States will provide limited and immediately revocable relief from some sanctions that leaves in place existing severe restrictions on their oil and banking industries.

Click here to sign my petition to give diplomacy with Iran a chance, and then pass it along to your friends.

Some will argue that we cannot trust Iran—but we do not need to trust Iran to choose to give these negotiations a real chance. Any final agreement will provide the U.S. and our partners with unprecedented access to their nuclear program to prove, on a daily basis, that their intentions are purely benign.

If Iran walks away from the negotiating table in bad faith, then the Senate should debate new sanctions. But now, let's give the Obama Administration and their partners the room to work out a peaceful resolution to this long-festering crisis before voting on any additional sanctions or other efforts that would undermine diplomacy.

Click here to sign my petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

–Senator Chris Murphy

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