Iran Archives - Senator Steve Daines

ICYMI: Daines Lauds Affordability, Strength on the World Stage Following Trump’s State of the Union Address

February 25, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined CNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg TV, and Fox Business to react to President Trump’s State of the Union address as well as the latest updates in Iran. Read highlights below. Daines on CNBC’s Squawk Box I thought for a moment, what if Kamala Harris would have won the 2024 election? What if she was giving that speech last night? Where would we be at? Millions of illegals continuing to come across our southern border. As the president said, he’s sealed the southern border. Fentanyl flows are down 56 percent over the course of the

Daines on Fox Business: Regime Change in Iran is “A Berlin Wall Moment for the Middle East”

January 12, 2026

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss President Trump’s “Peace Through Strength” policy and its success around the world. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on regime change in Iran: Let’s be clear, the Iranian people will drive the regime change regardless of any action taken by the United States. This is a Berlin Wall moment for the Middle East. If you’re 45 years old or younger, you’ve only grown up knowing there’s been an Ayatollah in charge in Iran, but I’m old enough to remember, you are as well, Larry, that we used to have Iran

Daines on Fox Business: “It is Time to Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities”

June 17, 2025

Also Discusses SALT Deduction in Senate Tax Bill U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox Business to discuss the importance of destroying Iran’s nuclear capabilities and the need to support Israel, as well as the ongoing talks about the SALT cap in the Senate reconciliation bill. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on the SALT Deduction: I think it’s important to understand why we’re having this debate on this SALT deduction. Here’s the problem. You’ve got lower tax red states who are subsidizing high-tax blue states. The right answer is for the blue states to challenge their governors and state legislators to stop

Daines Statement on Israel’s Attack on Iran

June 13, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today regarding Israel’s attack on Iran: “Israel’s attacks against Iran are so far successful and more than justified and the United States stands firmly behind Israel. Iran is behind the deaths of hundreds of American troops and has targeted Israel and the United States for decades. It funds and arms the Hamas and Hezbollah terror organizations that target Israel, including the October 7 attacks, which were the worst attacks on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. While pretending to negotiate in good faith with the United States,

Daines Introduces Bill to Redesignate Iran-Backed Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

January 21, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced the “Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act” to redesignate Ansarallah, more commonly known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). The Houthis, a paramilitary organization in Yemen funded by Iran, pose a significant security threat to the United States as well as the peace and stability of Israel and the Middle East. “Since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, the Houthis have attacked U.S. allies more than 100 times. With the start of the Trump administration, it’s time to get serious about counterterrorism again and send a message to the Iranian

Daines Secures Commitments from Secretary of State Nominee Marco Rubio Regarding Iran, Strengthening Relationships in Central Asia, Cracking Down on Mexican Drug Cartels

January 15, 2025

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today secured foreign policy commitments from Secretary of State nominee, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, during his confirmation hearing. Specifically, Daines secured commitments from Rubio to combat Iran’s illegal oil sales, how he will help strengthen the United States’ ties in Central Asia and how the United States can work with Mexico to shut down drug cartels. Watch Daines’ remarks HERE. “You are charged with one of the most important tasks the administration will have, and that’s advancing President Trump’s agenda and representing the interests of the United States around the world. I can’t think of

Daines on CNBC: “The Iranians would love to see Kamala Harris Elected as President of the United States.”

July 25, 2024

Slams the Biden Administration’s Weakness on the World Stage U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress: Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on President Biden’s Address to the Nation: What we saw last night was eleven minutes of rambling by Joe Biden and projecting American weakness yet again. Last night, our Alaskan Air Force of Northern Command intercepted Chinese and Russian aircraft flying in joint formation. That’s the first time that’s ever happened, challenging our air space. That’s what our adversaries are doing, exploiting

Belgrade News: A foreshadowing and foreboding trip

February 9, 2024

KAREN E. DAVIS Staff writer Jan 24, 2024 Updated Jan 24, 2024 It was August 2023. Belgrade resident and U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana was standing on the border of northern Israel and Lebanon. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were giving him a tour of a tiny piece of the massive underground tunnel system Hezbollah had dug south from Lebanon, under Israel’s northern border. Hezbollah is an Iranian-backed militant group and is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government, Daines explained. (In a May 18, 2021 article, The Times of Israel estimated this tunnel system to be hundreds of kilometers

Daines on Fox Business’ Kudlow Slams Biden’s Weakness on the World Stage

November 15, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business’ Kudlow slamming Biden’s weakness on the world stage as he focuses on appeasement and climate instead of securing the southern border. Watch the interview HERE. Daines on Biden’s Skewed Priorities Larry, just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, it did in the last 24 hours when the Biden administration lifts the sanctions so the Iraqis can buy another $10 billion of Iranian oil. Larry, you can’t make this up. As I was watching what happened today, watching that meeting in San Francisco between Xi and Biden, as he was flying across the country, he should

Daines on Fox News’s America Reports: “President Biden is Weak and it Emboldens the Chinese, the Iranians and the Russians”

November 15, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined Fox New’s America Reports to discuss the ongoing fight against terrorism in Israel and Daines’ first-hand experience in the Hezbollah terror tunnels. He also discussed President Biden’s meeting with Xi Jinping and called out the President for his weakness on the world stage. Watch the interview HERE. Daines on Terror Tunnels You take a look at Hamas and the tunnels in Gaza, I’ve seen those before several years ago. What’s not being talked enough about are the tunnels dug by Hezbollah – another Iranian terror group. These are right near the Lebanon border; these are 80

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