RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
WHEREAS, The issues among the United States, Iran, and the world community have not proven to be irresoluble by traditional diplomatic efforts; and
WHEREAS, The United States and Iran currently have a fraught relationship that includes the seizure of more than 50 Americans as hostages in 1979, as well as the U.S.-supported removal of then-Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh from power in 1953 in favor ofthe continued, problematic leadership of authoritarian monarch Mohammad Reza Shah; and
WHEREAS, Tensions between the United States and Iran escalated significantly after the Trump Administration unilaterally withdrew from the multilateral nuclear deal framework involving Iran's nuclear program, which was supported by myriad experts, multiple U.S. allies, and members ofthe United Nations Security Council; and
WHEREAS, The Trump administration undermined the progress represented by that agreement by imposing needless new sanctions against Iran and escalating conflict with that nation; and
WHEREAS, President Donald Trump ordered the killing of a high-ranking government official of a sovereign nation without Congressional authorization and in contravention of international law; and
WHEREAS, Unilateral U.S. military actions in Iran would risk the deaths of thousands of Iranian civilians and not guarantee the safety and security of U.S. citizens; and
WHEREAS, A preventative U.S. military attack in Iran would violate international law and our commitments under the United Nations Charter and further isolate the United States from the rest of the world; and
WHEREAS, Any U.S. military attack in Iran would undermine ongoing coalition work to minimize the power of ISIS, in part, by prompting the coalition against ISIS to suspend planning and operations in anticipation of escalating United States/Iranian tensions; and
WHEREAS, Any U.S. military attack in Iran would risk destabilizing Iraq as that...
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