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Donald Trump, Ted Cruz warn dangerous consequences if Iran nuke deal passes U.S. Congress

Xinhua, September 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz called on lawmakers to boycott the Iran nuclear deal Wednesday, warning of dire consequences if the agreement is implemented.

"If this deal goes through, we know to an absolute certainty people will die, Americans will die, Israelis will die, Europeans will die," Cruz said during a rally on the Capitol lawn with Trump.

Trump, a business mogul, blamed the Obama administration for negotiating with Iran an "incompetent","insane" and "horrible" deal.

"I've been making lots of wonderful deals, great deals, that's what I do," Trump told supporters, "Never ever, ever in my life have I seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with Iran, and I mean never."

"We are led by very, very stupid people. Very, very stupid people," Trump said, adding "We cannot let it continue." If elected president, he promised that America will have so much winning, and American people "may get bored with winning."

Until Tuesday, 41 U.S. Democratic senators have announced their support of the Iran nuclear deal, giving President Brack Obama the votes he needs to prevent the Senate from passing a measure disapproving of the deal.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday backed the deal during a speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington.

"The United States will never allow you (Iran) to acquire a nuclear weapon," Clinton said, adding she will "not hesitate to take military action if Iran attempts to obtain a nuclear weapon."

The former secretary of state supported the agreement because it is a critical part "of a larger strategy toward Iran."

"This agreement will stand," said Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid in a speech Tuesday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "America will uphold its commitment and we will seize this opportunity to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon."

The Iran nuclear agreement was reached in July after extensive negotiations between Iran and the so called "5+1" group, namely Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany.

"This deal blocks every way, every pathway that Iran might take in order to develop a nuclear weapon," President Barack Obama said late last month. Endit