The U.S. Must Not Ignore Iranians’ Human Rights in Pursuit of a Nuclear Deal
Learn from the example of John Paul II.
March 11, 2021
The U.S. Must Not Ignore Iranians’ Human Rights in Pursuit of a Nuclear Deal
Learn from the example of John Paul II.
During the Obama administration, Washington often avoided pressing the Islamic Republic over its brutal treatment of its own citizens, out of fear that doing so would lessen its chances of achieving a historic agreement in which the ayatollahs agreed to restrict their nuclear program. Now that the Biden administration is considering a resurrection of the deal, Xiyue Wang—an American historian of Iran who was held hostage there—urges the White House not to make the mistake of relegating human rights to the back burner:
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