The latest deadline on the Western powers and Iran’s negotiations over that Middle Eastern nation’s nuclear program came on Tuesday and the talks in Vienna are expected to extend into July. In the meantime, members of the Florida congressional delegation continue to offer warnings about the threat Iran poses.

From her perch as chairwoman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., insisted Iran was stalling for time and trying to get more concessions.

“As the June 30th nuclear deadline is set to pass, it’s clear that Iran is attempting to extract even more concessions from the P5+1 in an effort to make this weak deal even more ineffectual in constraining its nuclear weapons program,” Ros-Lehtinen said on Monday. “The fact that President Obama and the other world leaders are even considering allowing questions related to Iran’s possible military dimension to go unanswered or for Iran to block nuclear inspections at key military facilities only signals to the regime that it has the upper hand. This is not an opportunity for the president to cave to more Iranian demands, but to impose his own over the regime’s nuclear program or else walk away from the talks, reinstate all previously waived or suspended sanctions, and impose new and stricter sanctions against Iran.”

Ros-Lehtinen wasn’t alone in the Florida delegation in warning about a nuclear Iran. Last week, U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel, D-Fla., took to the House to praise the Obama administration’s handling of Iran while still warning about the threat that nation poses.

“Today our nation faces challenges across the globe, but there is no threat more central to current world order than the prospect of a nuclear armed Iran,” Frankel said on the House floor on Thursday. “Tuesday, June 30, is the self-imposed negotiating deadline for the P5+1 over Iran’s illicit nuclear program. At this critical juncture I am thankful for the administration’s repeated promise that no deal is better than a bad deal.

“I want to remind my colleagues why this issue is so vital,” Frankel added. “Even a threshold nuclear Iran -- where they have a short breakout capacity -- would lead to massive nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. We have already seen troubling statements from regional partners like Saudi Arabia about developing or purchasing nuclear weapons of their own.

“Mr. Speaker, I don’t need to tell you the consequences of possible proliferation of the world’s most dangerous weapon in the world’s most dangerous region,” Frankel continued. “Just look at the destructive role Iran is already playing in this chaotic region without nuclear weapons. Iran is the most active state sponsor of terrorism, sending weapons and support to Hamas and Hezbollah. It is actively assisting rebel advances in Yemen, it has long destabilized Iraq and Lebanon, and it is propping up the brutal Assad regime in Syria. Not to mention that this Iranian regime systematically violates its own citizens' basic human rights.

“That is why there is broad bipartisan support for preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and on both sides of the aisle, we hope for a diplomatic solution to this crisis,” Frankel insisted.  “But we must be vigilant and ensure that if a deal is reached it truly is a good deal that verifiably prevents all Iranian pathways to a bomb. Such a deal must include five key components: robust and intrusive inspections, phased sanctions relief that comes only as a result of Iranian compliance, dismantlement of key nuclear infrastructure, disclosure of possible military dimensions of the program, and a long timeline that gives the international community confidence that it can hold Iran accountable. My colleagues and I will be watching closely and stand ready to scrutinize any final agreement to ensure the future security of our nation and that of our allies in the region.”