The Dangers of a Deal with Iran
The Islamic Republic would be emboldened and Israel’s hands would be tied.
May 11, 2026
The Dangers of a Deal with Iran
The Islamic Republic would be emboldened and Israel’s hands would be tied.
At present, writes Mehdi Parpanchi, the U.S. has three options when it comes to ending the stand-off with Iran: making a deal, continuing the blockade, or resuming fighting. So far as the first is concerned, Washington must bear in mind that the men making decisions in Tehran adhere to the same “worldview that has shaped the Islamic Republic for decades,” according to which “compromise with the West as a threat to its survival.” (Indeed, a few days after Parpanchi wrote those words, Tehran rejected an American peace proposal as “surrender.”) That worldview contributes to the “high strategic cost” America would pay for a deal:
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