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April 7, 2021

The Biden Administration Is Preparing to Abandon American Hostages in Iran Once More

While Tehran demonstrates its contempt for the U.S.

Last week, a State Department spokesman issued a well-meaning statement about the plight of Siamak Namazi, an American citizen held hostage by the Islamic Republic along with his eighty-four-year-old father. The younger Namazi was first told he couldn’t leave Iran in July 2015—the same month the nuclear agreement was finalized—and was sentenced to prison on October 18, just one day before the deal’s official “adoption day.” Yesterday, indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran with the aim of restoring the nuclear deal (formally known as the JCPOA) began in Vienna. Elliott Abrams comments:

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April 7, 2021

  1. The Biden Administration Is Preparing to Abandon American Hostages in Iran Once More

    While Tehran demonstrates its contempt for the U.S.

  2. A Leading British Muslim Intellectual on the War on Terror, the Abraham Accords, and China

    A penetrating conversation.

  3. No Longer the Sole Province of Israel and the U.S., Drones Are Revolutionizing Aerial Warfare

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  4. Cynthia Ozick’s New Novel Explores the Jewish Opposition to Idolatry Through (Very) Non-Jewish Eyes

    At ninety-two, the author remains at the height of her powers.

  5. The Challenges of Holocaust History, Four Decades Ago

    Are American Jews up to the task?