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A non-binding resolution to demand that President Bush impose "stringent inspection requirements" on trade with Iran - language that leaves the door open for a military blockade - will likely come to the House floor this week, according to sources close to Congressional leadership. The legislation, H.Con.Res.362, which is paralleled by a similar Senate bill, has gained bipartisan support rapidly, with more co-sponsors signing on by the day. Once it hits the floor, it's bound to "pass like a hot knife through butter," a staffer in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office told Chelsea Mozen of the nonprofit Just Foreign Policy.
"It sets the stage for a very dangerous escalation," he said. The most strongly worded section of the legislation is article three, which states: "Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress - (3) demands that the President initiate an international effort to immediately and dramatically increase the economic, political, and diplomatic pressure on Iran to verifiably suspend its nuclear enrichment activities by, inter alia [among other things], prohibiting the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products; imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran; and prohibiting the international movement of all Iranian officials not involved in negotiating the suspension of Iran's nuclear program."
The resolution makes no mention of the National Intelligence Estimate report released in December 2007, which found that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons development program in 2003. The language regarding inspection requirements and restrictions of movement have led critics of the bill to suggest that, if implemented, this type of international sanction would amount to an embargo and would have to be put into place at gunpoint. Such action would be illegal under international law, unless approved by the UN. UN approval is not mentioned in the bill. Moreover, the resolution would unquestionably send a hostile message to Iran. "The Iranians would certainly view this as an act of war. "All of this would confirm the Gulf Arabs' perceptions that the US is playing an increasingly destabilizing role in the region." The bill was promoted by the highly influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)). "[H.Con.Res.362] was the top agenda point of the 7,000 AIPAC members who descended on Capitol Hill two weeks ago," People describing it as a blockade [are] totally inaccurate. This bill is about increasing sanctions on Iran (as if Israel should be telling us what to do when our own intelligence agencies said Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapons program.) and banning the sale of refined petroleum products to the country," AIPAC spokesperson Josh Block told Truthout. AIPAC put out a memo detailing its support for the intentions of the legislation.

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