DYERSBURG, Tenn. — The United Nations Security Council endorsed the nuclear deal reached with Iran last week.
The decision has drawn criticism from U.S. lawmakers in both parties.
In Dyersburg on Monday, U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander spoke about his concerns surrounding the Iran Nuclear Deal.
While supporters claimed without a deal Iran could start building a bomb tomorrow, Alexander said he wanted to take a closer look before making any decisions.
President Barack Obama said the nuclear deal with Iran would limit its ability to get nuclear weapons and lift economic sanctions in several countries.
As Sen. Alexander told local leaders in Dyer County, one of his biggest concerns with the deal was it did not address Iran’s past with terrorism.
“If we end the sanctions and allow Iran to have that much more money, the question is does it end back up in terrorism around the Middle East, perhaps in the United States?” Sen. Alexander asked.
Alexander said members of Congress had not received the final copy of the agreement.
Before Alexander made a decision on the deal, he said he needed to read it and hear the arguments.
Local leaders said it was important to know how national lawmakers stand on the issues.
“It’s important that we stay involved politically — both locally and nationally as well because those decisions that are made on the state level and the national level affect us as well,” Mayor John Holden, with the City of Dyersburg, said.
Congress will vote on the deal in September.