Lindsey Graham Says He’ll Cut IAEA Money Unless It Shares Iran Documents

The effort reflects attempts by opponents of a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers to find new types of leverage against the administration as Congress prepares to vote next month on whether to reject the deal.

Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks to the media in the spin area after a televised forum ahead of the first Republican presidential debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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By Kathleen Miller and David Lerman

August 13, 2015 at 3:19 PM UTC

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August 13, 2015 at 8:49 PM UTC

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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he’ll use his subcommittee chairmanship to cut off U.S. financing for the International Atomic Energy Agency unless it provides Congress with copies of confidential agreements between the agency and Iran on the country’s nuclear program.

“Given anticipated legislative action on this controversial deal in the Senate next month, firsthand information on IAEA side agreements are vital to both the debate and decision making process for all members -- irrespective of their views of Iran or the merits of the deal,” Graham, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, said in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry released Thursday.