The U.S. Needs a Plan B for Iran
If the ayatollahs don’t want to return to the nuclear deal—then what?
August 5, 2021
If the ayatollahs don’t want to return to the nuclear deal—then what?
While the Biden administration has made clear that it wants to negotiate a return to the 2015 nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic—while also speaking of seeking a “longer and stronger deal”—there is no guarantee that Tehran will cooperate. In fact, Elliott Abrams writes, the chances that the deal will be resurrected have grown steadily slimmer in the past few months. But the White House has not yet said what its back-up plan is, or given any indication that it has one. Abrams has some suggestions:
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