Week ahead: Iran back in the congressional spotlight
A look at the Middle East issues Congress will be addressing the week of June 9.
The House and Senate are back in session next week, and lawmakers in both chambers plan to use the dwindling time before the July 20 deadline for a nuclear deal to hammer the Barack Obama administration on its negotiations with Iran.
The House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees are both holding hearings on Iran next week, as Al-Monitor first reported June 4.
And activists plan to raise the temperature with a show of force on Capitol Hill.
The House kicks things off June 10 with a hearing dedicated to "verifying Iran's nuclear compliance." This is but the first in a series of hearings on the nuclear talks, according to committee Chairman Ed Royce, R-Calif., and will feature four former government officials with expertise on the matter — including former Bush administration Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker.
