claim: "this president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against iran. he did not."
author: mitt romney
evidence_1: dec 18, 2016 ... lindsey graham (r-s.c.), an outspoken trump critic, is the latest lawmaker to join the fray, stating that his goal in a series of investigations next year “is to put on president trump's desk crippling sanctions against russia,” he wrote on twitter. “they need to pay a price.” and on sunday's “state of the union” ...
evidence_2: united states sanctions against iran refer to economic, trade, scientific and military sanctions against iran, which have been imposed by the u.s. office of foreign assets control, or by the international community under u.s. pressure through the united nations security council. currently, the sanctions include an embargo ...
evidence_3: oct 11, 2012 ... on foreign policy, biden asserted that iran is "being crippled" by sanctions put in place to deter that country's nuclear program. politifact reviewed a romney statement that, "this president ... could have gotten crippling sanctions against iran. he did not." that drew a mostly false rating in concluding: "the ...
evidence_4: oct 6, 2017 ... president donald trump is expected to announce next week that he will “decertify” the iran nuclear deal, arguing that the agreement is not in the national ... lawmakers will need to decide whether to reimpose the crippling sanctions on iran that were suspended in exchange for iran curbing its nuclear ...
evidence_5: sep 22, 2017 ... if trump decertifies iranian compliance with what is known as the joint comprehensive plan of action, then it will be up to congress to vote to impose the crippling sanctions on iran's banks and oil exports that president barack obama waived as part of the nuclear deal. if congress does that, it really would ...