WILMINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 11 entities and individuals involved in procurement on behalf of Iran’s ballistic missile program.
"I commend the Obama Administration for designating 11 individuals and entities for supporting the Iranian ballistic missile program, making them subject to sanctions. I am also pleased the see the Administration taking action against Iran's two recent ballistic missile tests, which are clear violations of UN Security Council resolution 1929.
“Now that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action's Implementation Day has occurred, it is more important than ever that the Administration work with Congress to take actions like these, which demonstrate our will to push back against Iran's ballistic missile program, its human rights abuses, and its support for terrorism in the Middle East and around the world.
“If we fail to hold Iran accountable and fail to support our regional allies, Iran will take advantage of the nuclear agreement U.S. diplomats worked so hard to achieve and continue its destabilizing actions that threaten regional and global security."