Washington, June 18 -- Rep. Don Beyer issued the following press release:

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today issued the following statement on the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreed to by the United States and Iran:

"The President should never have started this war. It was not smart, it was not legal, it was not morally justified, and it was not in our national interest.

"The American people never asked for this war, yet they have borne its costs from the very beginning. Thirteen American servicemembers have been killed and hundreds more have been injured. Countless civilians have lost their lives, including Iranian schoolgirls killed by U.S. military action - a tragedy carried out in our name that should shame us all. Americans ha...