Don’t Let Iran Renew Its Quest for Deadly Weapons
The U.S. has a chance to employ the 2015 nuclear deal’s “self-destruct button.”
May 1, 2020
Don’t Let Iran Renew Its Quest for Deadly Weapons
The U.S. has a chance to employ the 2015 nuclear deal’s “self-destruct button.”
Among the many faults of the 2015 nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic are its sunset clauses, which specify that various restrictions on Iran will expire stepwise, so that by 2030 none will remain. The first to expire is an international ban on the sale of certain conventional weapons to Tehran, which will “sunset” in November of this year. Because the deal was ratified into international law by UN Security Council Resolution 2231, the Security Council has the power to extend the embargo. The State Department now seeks to do just that, explains Benny Avni, but it may face opposition:
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