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Iran Wants to Make a Deal the US Must Refuse
Khameini thinks he has the leverage for an agreement easing punishment while keeping his nuclear infrastructure. The response should be sanctions, sanctions and more sanctions.
Iranian ambition.
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Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, is signaling a willingness to make a new nuclear deal with the West, but on terms that would allow the Islamic Republic to maintain its nuclear threat. The US shouldn’t fall for the trap.
Rather, President Joe Biden’s administration should step up implementation of existing economic sanctions, and rally European allies to impose even tighter restraints on the regime in Tehran.