House foreign affairs Committee Chairman, Mr. Ed Royce cited widespread disqualification of candidates by the hardline vetting body in Iran and said it is reverie to think that a moderate system could result from Friday’s elections in Iran.
In a statement released on Friday, Feb. 26, Chairman Royce said in part, “Iran has twice violated U.N. resolutions to test ballistic missiles, fired rockets within 1,500 yards of the U.S.S. Truman, and seized ten American sailors—all while propping up the murderous Assad regime in Syria.  So much for a more responsible Iran” citing president Obama’s bet that Iran would become a ’moderate and responsible’ state.
The House Foreign Affairs’ Committee Chairman insisted that Iran regime would use the released asset won from the nuclear deal to further expand its terrorist activities in the region.
“With access to $100 billion in unfrozen assets and sanctions wiped away, Iran is now the dominant country in the region.  And the Iranian Revolutionary Guards forces, responsible for brutally murdering innocent protestors during the 2009 elections, are only becoming more powerful”, he said.
“Some candidates in today’s elections may be called moderates” he said, adding “but don’t be fooled.  The regime made sure voters were forced to choose, as some have said, ‘between hardliners or hard hardliners.’  It was a rigged game, and the Iranian people – and in turn U.S. national security interests – were destined to lose from the start.”