The new argument rests on technical disclosures the Obama administration made to Congress under the Corker-Cardin law — the 2015 legislation that established congressional oversight over the Iran deal.
These documents, which have not been made public in their entirety, included a draft of a United Nations Security Council Resolution that UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said earlier this week Iran has been violating.
The argument: The certification language requires the president to certify that Iran is both complying with the nuclear deal and with “all related technical or additional agreements.” Influential opponents of the deal say that because the Obama administration sent Congress a draft of the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 as part of its package of documents submitted under the law, that therefore makes the Resolution a “related” agreement.
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