Gary C. Peters
Senator, Democrat, Michigan
Gary C. Peters scores 8 out of 100 on Iran.
- Confronts the regime that rules Iran by fear13
- Stands with the people of IranNo action on file
- Lets Iranians choose a free, secular Iran0
The score is the weighted average of the principles that have a number. The weights: “The regime” 3, “The people” 2, “Iranians choose” 2. How I score
Confronts the regime that rules Iran by fear
13out of 100
The Islamic Republic jails, tortures and kills people for what they say and believe, and arms others to do the same abroad. Votes for sanctions and pressure on it, against any deal that keeps it alive, and against pulling American forces out of the fight count on liberty's side. Weight: 3.
- Against
Voted Yea: War powers resolution on the Islamic Republic (H.Con.Res. 89) key vote, counts double
Directs the President to remove US forces from hostilities with the Islamic Republic. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
24 September 2026 · the official record
- Against
Voted Yea: War powers resolution on the Islamic Republic (S.J.Res. 181)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
30 July 2026 · the official record
- Against
Voted Yea: War powers resolution on the Islamic Republic (H.Con.Res. 86) key vote, counts double
Directs the President to remove US forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, except forces needed to defend the United States or an ally from imminent attack, unless Congress authorizes force. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
23 June 2026 · the official record
- Against
Voted Yea: War powers resolution on the Islamic Republic (S.J.Res. 185)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
19 May 2026 · the official record
- Against
Voted Yea: War powers resolution on the Islamic Republic (S.J.Res. 163)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
13 May 2026 · the official record
- Against
Voted Yea: War powers resolution on the Islamic Republic (S.J.Res. 123)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
15 April 2026 · the official record
- Against
Voted Yea: War powers resolution on the Islamic Republic (S.J.Res. 118)
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
18 March 2026 · the official record
- Against
Voted Yea: War powers resolution on the Islamic Republic (S.J.Res. 104) key vote, counts double
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that Congress has not authorized. A vote for the resolution is a vote to pull US forces out of the fight against the Islamic Republic.
4 March 2026 · the official record
- Against
Voted Yea: War powers resolution on the Islamic Republic after the June 2025 strikes (S.J.Res. 59) key vote, counts double
Would have directed the President to remove US forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran unless Congress authorized them. It came days after the US strikes on the Islamic Republic's nuclear sites. A vote for it is a vote to tie the President's hands against the regime.
27 June 2025 · the official record
- With
Voted Yea: Cruz motion on H.R. 4521: keep terrorism sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran and the IRGC
Tells Senate negotiators on the China competition bill to insist on language about limiting cooperation between China and the Islamic Republic through the terrorism sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. It backs keeping terrorism sanctions on the regime's bank and its main armed force.
4 May 2022 · the official record
- With
Voted Yea: Lankford motion on H.R. 4521: no nuclear deal that lifts IRGC sanctions
Tells Senate negotiators to insist that any nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic also covers its missiles, terrorism and sanctions evasion, does not lift sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and does not remove its terrorist designation. It opposes a nuclear deal that gives the regime sanctions relief.
4 May 2022 · the official record
Stands with the people of Iran
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Free people stand with people who are paying to be free: sanctions on those who kill protesters, an open internet when the regime cuts it, protection for persecuted minorities such as the Baha'is, and Congress on record on the people's side. Weight: 2.
No action on file.
Lets Iranians choose a free, secular Iran
0out of 100
Iran's future is for Iranians to choose in a free vote, under a law that takes no side on religion. Backing that transition counts on liberty's side, and so does meeting or backing Prince Reza Pahlavi, who proposes exactly that. Deciding for Iranians in advance counts against: signing the resolutions that back the MEK's plan, ties to the MEK (an exile group that fought beside Saddam Hussein against Iran), or saying Iranians have already rejected a choice they were never allowed to vote on. Weight: 2.
- Tie
Cosponsored: Protecting the residents of Ashraf-3 in Albania (S.Res. 145)
Says the Iranian exiles at Ashraf-3, the MEK's camp in Albania, must be free to carry on political activity there, and cites support for "Mrs. Maryam Rajavi's Ten-Point Plan for the Future of Iran". Ashraf-3 is the MEK's camp, and the text holds up Maryam Rajavi's plan as the future of Iran. So signing it counts as a tie to the MEK.
27 March 2025 · the official record
- Tie
Sent a message to the NCRI's Free Iran 2024 World Summit and said he backed the Senate resolution on the MEK camp Ashraf 3.
In the United States Senate, I was proud to support a resolution protecting Iranian political refugees, including female political prisoners who are now residing at Ashraf 3 in Albania.
29 June 2024 · Free Iran 2024 World Summit: Onward to a Democratic Republic (NCRI)
- Tie
Cosponsored: Protecting the residents of Ashraf-3 in Albania (S.Res. 599)
Says the Iranian exiles at Ashraf-3, the MEK's camp in Albania, must be free to carry on political activity there, and cites support for "Mrs. Maryam Rajavi's Ten-Point Plan for the Future of Iran". Ashraf-3 is the MEK's camp, and the text holds up Maryam Rajavi's plan as the future of Iran. So signing it counts as a tie to the MEK.
20 March 2024 · the official record
- Tie
Spoke to the March 2021 OIAC Senate briefing where Rajavi was the keynote speaker.
I will continue standing with the people of Iran who have never given up their pursuit for a democratic peaceful and non-nuclear republic.
17 March 2021 · Senate Iran Policy Briefing to Address Tehran's Malign Conduct (OIAC)
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