Former US Vice President Dick Cheney warned President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran will put the U.S. at direct risk of nuclear devastation, The Hill reported on Tuesday, September 8th.

“With the removal of restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missile program, this agreement will give Iran the means to launch a nuclear attack on the U.S. homeland,” Cheney said in remarks at the American Enterprise Institute.

“I know of no nation in history that has agreed to guarantee that the means of its own destruction will be in the hands of another nation, particularly one that is hostile,” he added.

“What President Obama is asking the United States Congress to do is unique — historically and dangerously unique. The results could well be catastrophic.”

Later this week, both the House and Senate will vote on the deal, where a majority of lawmakers are sure to oppose it.

It remains unclear, however, whether or not Democratic supporters of the deal will be able to block a resolution of disapproval from reaching the president’s desk.