House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff is slamming the Trump administration for its position on Iran, but just a few years ago, he took a different position on the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism.

During an interview on CBS' Face the Nation Sunday, Schiff accused President Trump of escalating tensions with Iran, despite the Islamic regime's continued funding of terror and recent movement of missiles to target American assets in the Middle East.

Trump has taken a series of steps to deliberately escalate tensions with Iran.



The result is all too predictable - it has. That’s not an intelligence problem, it’s a policy problem.



Trump must stop this dangerous game, and rein in advisors who seem hell bent on starting a war. pic.twitter.com/5W9kSDgXHL — Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 19, 2019

The state run Tehran Times is quite pleased with Schiff blaming of the United States for Iran's continued aggression.

U.S. congressman: Our allies are isolating us and not Iran



In an interview with CBS news’ “Face the Nation” aired on Sunday, he chastised National Security Advisor John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for their “belligerent rhetoric” against Iran.



Schiff criticized the steps taken by the Trump administration “to renege on the Iran agreement, to try to force Europe to renege on the Iran agreement, to try to force Iran to withdraw from the agreement to go back to the path of enrichment, the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist group, the belligerent rhetoric from the administration from Pompeo, from Bolton.”

Back in 2015, Schiff argued the Obama administration should be tougher on Iran and said force should be used if they failed to comply with the nuclear agreement.

"Instead of rejecting the deal, therefore, Congress should focus on making it stronger," Schiff posted on his official office website (bolding is mine). "First, we should make it clear that if Iran cheats, the repercussions will be severe. Second, we should continue to strengthen our intelligence capabilities to detect any form of Iranian noncompliance. Third, we should establish the expectation that while Iran will be permitted to have an enrichment capability for civilian use, it will never be permitted to produce highly enriched uranium, and if it attempts to do so, it will be stopped with force."

Before 9/11 Iran's largest proxy group, Hezbollah, murdered more Americans than any other terrorist organization in the world. Iran is also responsible for killing at least 600 U.S. troops during the Iraq war.

President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have repeatedly stated on the record that the United States is not interested in an war with Iran. Iran, however, has been at war with the U.S for decades and continues its aggression toward Americans and their allies. The regime has quadrupled its uranium production and U.S. intelligence shows Iranian proxy groups planning tactical surprise attacks in the Persian Gulf.

Meanwhile, the pressure campaign imposed by the Trump administration is working. From the Washington Post: