The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 (INARA) (
Pub.L 114–17 is a bill that was passed by the
US Congress in May 2015, giving Congress the right to review any agreement reached in the
P5+1 talks with
Iran aiming to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
The bill passed in the Senate by a 98–1 vote (only
Tom Cotton voted against), and then passed in the House by a vote of 400–25 on May 14. President
Barack Obama threatened to veto the bill, but eventually a version arrived that had enough support to override any veto and Obama did not try vetoing it.
Larry Klayman
Larry Elliot Klayman (born July 20, 1951) is an American attorney, right-wing activist, and former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor. He founded both Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch.
In addition to his numerous lawsuits against the Clinton adm ...
filed a lawsuit, alleging that the law was an unconstitutional abrogation of the
Senate's Treaty Power. The lawsuit was dismissed for lack of
standing.
A group of Republican Senators said an agreement to return to the
oint Comprehensive Plan of Action(JCPOA) required congressional review under INARA, while others said the JCPOA has already been through such a review.
Republican senators threaten to block Iran deal
Laura Kelly, The Hill, February 8, 2022.
See also
* Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; fa, برنامه جامع اقدام مشترک , barnāmeye jāme'e eqdāme moshtarak (, ''BARJAM'')), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear ...
, the final negotiated international agreement
* Iran Nuclear Achievements Protection Act
The Government's Obligation to Protect the Nuclear Rights and Achievements of Iranian Nation Act ( fa, قانون الزام دولت به حفظ دستاوردها و حقوق هستهای ملت ایران) is a bill that was passed on 23 June ...
, passed by Iranian Parliament
The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...
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