Time to Get Tough on Tehran

The nuclear deal that the United States and five other great powers signed with Iran in July 2015 is the final product of a decade-long effort at arms control. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ranks as one of the most deficient arms control agreements in history. But Barack Obama has pledged to spend the remainder of his tenure fending off congressional pressure to adjust its terms. An even larger issue is Washington’s lack of a comprehensive Iran policy. Any Iran policy worthy of the name must start from the fact that Iran is not a conventional state making pragmatic estimates of its national interests, but a revolutionary regime.

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