EL - SAYED : ODD APPROACH TO ASK IF I CONDEMN IRAN REGIME

What happened: In an ABC News interview released Monday, Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed declined to give a yes or no answer when asked whether he condemns Iran's current regime, calling the condemn-or-not framing "kind of an odd approach." Why it matters: El-Sayed said the bigger question is how to reach a pathway to peace, arguing the JCPOA was torn apart and that the U.S. went to war without clear aims and "accomplished nothing." Key numbers: Interview released Monday; El-Sayed referenced two Trump terms and the JCPOA.

In an ABC News interview released Monday, Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed declined to give a yes or no answer when asked whether he condemns Iran's current regime, calling the condemn-or-not framing "kind of an odd approach."

El-Sayed said the bigger question is how to reach a pathway to peace, arguing the JCPOA was torn apart and that the U.S. went to war without clear aims and "accomplished nothing." Key numbers: Interview released Monday; El-Sayed referenced two Trump terms and the JCPOA.