House to Hold Its First Hearings On Iran Since 2020

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "Members of both parties should never forget: Iran has agency," Mr. Rubin said.
53% : The House of Representatives is scheduled this week to hold its first hearings on Iran since 2020.
53% : "Witnesses include Norman Roule, who was the national intelligence manager for Iran at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence under both Republican and Democrat presidents; Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at FDD; Iranian author and activist Masih Alinejad; and Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director of foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, a left-wing think tank in Washington.
51% : Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-wing think tank in Washington, where he focuses on Iran and other foreign policy topics, told The Epoch Times, "The hearings [are] both welcome and overdue -- like a doctor finally prescribing an aspirin for a patient battling Stage IV cancer for a year.
47% : "I've long maintained the belief that engaging in diplomacy with Tehran was never going to produce a favorable result for the American people or our allies.
46% : "The fact there are multiple hearings this week on the topic of Iran demonstrates how critical and urgent this issue is to the interests and safety of Americans both at home and abroad," a committee spokesperson told The Epoch Times.
42% : Rob Malley, the point person on the negotiations to re-enter the deal or have a new deal with Iran, has been on leave since his security clearance came under review for reasons publicly unknown.
42% : Diplomacy with Tehran was always destined to fail because they were never interested in actual diplomacy.
38% : "Exposing the details of the secret nuclear deal with Iran is the first step in stopping the secret nuclear deal with Iran.
32% : Examining the Biden Administration's Failures on Iran.
21% : Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Iran would not get such relief in any deal and that oil revenue would be allowed to go only into restricted accounts to be used for strictly humanitarian purposes.
19% : The hearing, according to the House Oversight Committee press release, "will examine how the Biden administration has repeatedly engaged in secret negotiations with Iran, ignoring the emerging threats arising from Iran and its proxies" and "look at ways the Biden administration has fallen short in assisting Americans trapped abroad and circumstances around dismissals of high-level officials.
17% : ""The Biden administration's foreign policy decisions regarding Iran continue to defy logic and are actively making Americans less safe at home and abroad," said the subcommittee's chairman, Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), in a statement.
13% : Mr. Grothman cited American hostages detained in Iran being transferred last month from prison to house arrest, reportedly as part of a deal whereby the United States would give Iran $6 billion in oil sanctions relief.

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