Restraining Iran in the Aftermath of a Flawed Nuclear Deal

The 2015 agreement to restrain the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions, despite its many egregious faults, allows the U.S. to take a variety of steps to slow the regime’s progress toward building atomic weapons—steps that the Obama administration consistently refrained from taking. But there is no reason for Donald Trump to continue his predecessor’s commitment to interpreting the deal as leniently as possible. On the contrary, argue David Albright, Mark Dubowitz, and Brian Katulis, Washington should demand its strict construction and enforcement while coordinating with its allies to punish and counteract Tehran’s trouble-making throughout the Middle East. (Moderated by Oren Dorell; video, 1 hour. A transcript is available here.)