BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), joined his colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden, calling on the administration to immediately convene the G7 nations and further isolate Iran with severe sanctions and action. The senators said the terror and devastation unleashed on Israel over the last few days by Iran-backed Hamas terrorists has rightly horrified the world.

“The atrocities are too numerous to fully recount here, but the images seen will never leave our memories,” the senators wrote. “Now, our great ally Israel is in a fight for its very existence. From 1948 until now, six wars and thousands of terrorist attacks have been launched against Israel simply because it exists. The Israelis have not instigated a single war, much less a terrorist attack, against any state or anyone. Every Israeli military action has been launched against its enemies in retaliation for violence against Israel and its citizens, much of which has been directly funded and supported by the evil Iranian regime.”

“We have seen the responses from your administration regarding your decision to unfreeze $6 billion of Iranian oil revenue,” the senators continued. “Mr. President, money is fungible and if you truly believe that this decision did not play a role in the brutality Hamas unleashed on Israel last weekend, you are gravely mistaken. We urge you to immediately reverse your decision regarding these funds and, as the leader of the free world, lead America’s partners and allies in securing agreements from as many nations as possible to take the most severe economic and diplomatic action against Iran possible under law.”

The letter highlights how critical this moment is for Israel, the United States of America, and all nations that support the Jewish State and freedom and democracy both within their own borders and worldwide.

“The United States has made clear that we fully support Israel and its right to do what it must to defend its homeland and citizens. We must also be clear that Iran is behind this terror,” the senators concluded. “Now, it falls on you as President of the United States to lead the freedom-loving world. We must punish the evil Iranian regime, which remains the world’s largest state sponsor of terror, and deny its ability to continue supporting the brutality witnessed in Israel from ever occurring again.”

Additional cosigners of the letter include U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Steve Daines (R-MT), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Katie Britt (R-AL). 

Click here to read the letter.