--- title: Jindal, Perry Back Senate Letter to Iran description: A pair of Republican governors are supporting a letter sent by Republican Senators to Iran warning against an emerging nuclear deal. canonical: https://time.com/3739421/bobby-jindal-rick-perry-iran-letter/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-10T19:14:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T15:39:27.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jindal, Perry Back Senate Letter to Iran og:description: The letter warned Iran against making a nuclear deal with President Obama. og:url: https://time.com/3739421/bobby-jindal-rick-perry-iran-letter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04dfc0be0cf821e4/698782460b72e3fa2d6de026/bobby-jindal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3694 og:image:height: 2078 og:image:alt: CPAC 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jindal, Perry Back Senate Letter to Iran twitter:description: The letter warned Iran against making a nuclear deal with President Obama. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04dfc0be0cf821e4/698782460b72e3fa2d6de026/bobby-jindal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jindal, Perry Back Senate Letter to Iran > Sponsored content. 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Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:39 PM UTCPublished: Mar 10, 2015 7:14 PM UTC A pair of Republican governors eyeing the White House are supporting a controversial letter sent by Republican Senators to the Iranian government warning against an emerging nuclear deal. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal led the effort Tuesday, calling on all Republican presidential candidates to support the letter, organized by Sen. Tom Cotton, which has drawn the ire of the Obama administration. Signed by 47 GOP Senators, including presidential contenders Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul, the Monday letter warned the Iranian government that the next president would not be bound by the agreement. He was followed shortly after by former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. “Every single person thinking about running for President, on both sides, should sign on to this letter to make clear to Iran that they are negotiating with a lame duck President,” Jindal said in a statement released by his political group America Next. “Make no mistake – any Iran deal that President Obama makes is not binding on a future president.” The White House condemned the letter, with Vice President Joe Biden penning a harsh statement Monday evening, calling it an unprecedented encroachment on the president’s ability to conduct foreign policy. “This letter sends a highly misleading signal to friend and foe alike that that our Commander-in-Chief cannot deliver on America’s commitments—a message that is as false as it is dangerous,” he said. Later Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said in a statement that any deal with Iran should be subject to congressional review, echoing the letter’s argument that the next president would “not be bound” by any agreement struck by President Obama. He did not directly address the letter, however. Likewise, Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in a statement to TIME that he understood the senators’ decision, but didn’t explicitly say if he supported it. “The Senators are reacting to reports of a bad deal that will likely enable Iran to become a nuclear state over time,” he said in a statement. “They would not have been put in this position had the Administration consulted regularly with them rather than ignoring their input.” A spokesperson for Chris Christie did not immediately comment on whether their likely-candidates would sign on. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3739421/bobby-jindal-rick-perry-iran-letter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3739421/bobby-jindal-rick-perry-iran-letter/"},"headline":"Jindal, Perry Back Senate Letter to Iran","datePublished":"2015-03-10T19:14:18.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T15:39:27.000Z","description":"A pair of Republican governors are supporting a letter sent by Republican Senators to Iran warning against an emerging nuclear deal.","url":"https://time.com/3739421/bobby-jindal-rick-perry-iran-letter/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election","Iran","Foreign Policy","White House","Bobby Jindal","rick perry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04dfc0be0cf821e4/698782460b72e3fa2d6de026/bobby-jindal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04dfc0be0cf821e4/698782460b72e3fa2d6de026/bobby-jindal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"CPAC 2015","caption":"CPAC 2015","creditText":"Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3739421/bobby-jindal-rick-perry-iran-letter/","name":"Jindal, Perry Back Senate Letter to Iran"}}]}] ```