Senior Democrat says lawmakers must review Iran accord

Senior Democrat says lawmakers must review Iran accord US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called for Congress to receive an immediate briefing on the agreement reached between the United States and Iran, Al Jazeera reported. “Congress must be immediately briefed on the terms of this agreement,” Shaheen said, adding that lawmakers would review any future nuclear accord as required under US law. While describing the shift towards diplomacy as “long overdue”, Shaheen argued that the conflict had failed to achieve its central objectives.