Democrats in the US Congress will face a moment of truth when they are called upon to vote on the Iran nuclear agreement, Republican presidential candidate and Senator Marco Rubio said in a statement.



WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� On July 14, 2015, Iran and the P5+1 group of�countries, comprised of�the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom plus Germany, reached a final agreement that guarantees the peaceful nature of�Tehran�s nuclear program in�exchange for�the lifting of�international sanctions.

�Senate Democrats face a stark choice when this deal comes before�Congress for�a vote in�September,� Rubio said on�Tuesday.
�They can either stand with�President Obama and allow this flawed ?agreement to�go through, or they can stand with�a majority of�the American people, our friend Israel and our moderate Arab allies in�the region.�


Rubio, as�well as�other Republican presidential candidates lagging in�the polls are zeroing in�on the controversial agreement with�Iran, seeking to�draw more financial and popular support from�the American Jewish community and Evangelical Christian right.
�It will be left to�the next president to�quickly re-impose nuclear sanctions on�Iran and to�place additional sanctions on�Iran�s leaders because of�their ongoing support for�terrorism and their human rights abuses.�


Rubio has been trailing in�polls behind�Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Senator Rand Paul.

As his poll numbers have slumped, Rubio has placed a greater emphasis on�national security issues such as�the Iran nuclear deal in�his public statements.

Marco Rubio has been elected to�the US Senate since�2011 and has been widely seen as�a prospective presidential or vice presidential candidate.


By Sputnik