Horsford on Israeli Defensive Strikes: Inaction Can Cost Lives

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) today responded to Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and military targets overnight. 

“The October 7 attacks showed that Israel can leave nothing to chance – the threats they face are real, and inaction can cost lives,” Rep. Horsford said. “The strikes that began last night in Iran targeted military leaders and nuclear facilities that posed a clear risk for Israel and for future peace in the region. I support Israel’s efforts to preempt future attacks, and I urge them to end hostilities as fast as they can.”

Israel’s strikes came on the same day that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) 35-nation Board of Governors declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in nearly two decades, raising the potential for a report to the United Nations Security Council. 

Just weeks prior on May 31, the IAEA released a report that found Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons grade enriched uranium surged by about 50 percent over the previous three months, putting them one step away from having enough enriched uranium for ten nuclear weapons.

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