A concurrent resolution providing that the President may not provide sanctions relief to Iran until certain United States citizens are released from Iran.

Summary

Prohibits the President from waiving, suspending, or providing relief from the application of statutory sanctions against Iran under any provision of law, or refraining from applying any such sanctions pursuant to an agreement with Iran relating to Iran's nuclear program, until the government of Iran releases to the United States the following U.S. citizens: Saeed Abedini who has been detained in Iran on charges related to his religious beliefs since September 2012; Amir Hekmati who has been imprisoned in Iran on false espionage charges since August 2011; Jason Rezaian who, as an Iranian government reporter for the Washington Post, has been unjustly held in Iran on vague charges since July 2014; and Robert Levinson who was abducted on Kish Island in March 2007.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 30 April 2015

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 30 April 2015

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 30 April 2015

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.