Rep. Peter King, R-Seaford, is calling the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran, "a serious mistake."
King, the onetime chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, questioned the terms of the agreement hammered out on Sunday.
Under the deal, Iran will allow increased access to their nuclear sites for weapons inspectons in exchange for being able to maintain the central elements of its uranium program, according to the Huffington Post. There would also be the easing of some sanctions against Iran.
"The United States will ease sanctions on Iran making billions of dollars available to the Iranians while Iran does not have to dismantle any of their 19,000 centrifuges," King said, calling the agreement, "a victory for Iran and a defeat for the United States and our allies in the Middle East, specifically Israel and Saudi Arabia.”
The deal was also questioned by a member of the president's own party, Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat, said he was "disappointed."
"This agreement makes it more likely that Democrats and Republicans will join together and pass additional sanctions when we return in December," he said.
Obama called it "an important first step" in curbing Iran's ability to build nuclear weapons.
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