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During an interview on CNN on Monday, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said that there should be a ceasefire in Iran, and \u201cWe need to make sure that we give Iran an ironclad guarantee that Israel or we will not attack again and involve China and Russia in that\u201d and give Iran a guarantee \u201cthat they\u2019re going to be safe.\u201d And also look at sanctions and have negotiations over ensuring Iran doesn\u2019t get a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n
Khanna said, \u201cWe need to end the war, and we can do it with three things. We need an immediate ceasefire, stop the bombing. We need to make sure that we give Iran an ironclad guarantee that Israel or we will not attack again and involve China and Russia in that. And then we need to look at some of the sanctions and have a diplomatic solution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Host Anderson Cooper then asked, \u201cWhere does the Strait of Hormuz fall into that \u2014 on that item list?\u201d<\/p>\n
Khanna answered, \u201cWell, that\u2019s the only way, in my view, that we get the Strait of Hormuz open. If we don\u2019t give Iran a guarantee that they\u2019re not \u2014 that they\u2019re going to be safe. They\u2019re going to think, well, Israel is saying they want to mow the lawn.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cooper then asked, \u201cIs it acceptable to you if Iran remains in control of the Strait of Hormuz?\u201d<\/p>\n
Khanna responded, \u201cNo, but, right now, look, gas was $2.30 before the war. Gas has gone up to $4. So, it\u2019s obviously not working, the war. The only way we\u2019re going to get out of it is to have some kind of diplomatic solution, and that would require us to stop the bombing and to figure out how we convince Iran that we\u2019re not going to continue to bomb them.\u201d<\/p>\n Cooper then asked, \u201cSo, is the number one agenda item for you to get from Iran that Iran will not develop a nuclear program, or is it the Strait of Hormuz, or both?\u201d<\/p>\n Khanna answered, \u201cRight now, the number one is to open the Strait of Hormuz. The second one is that, yes, Iran should not be nuclear, but we know that they are \u2014 they don\u2019t have the capacity to put the enriched uranium on ballistic missiles. And we know that it would be a negotiation to get the enriched uranium.\u201d<\/p>\n Follow <\/em>Ian\u00a0Hanchett on Twitter\u00a0@IanHanchett<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n