Iran Nuclear Deal: Rob Malley Appeasing Tehran

There is a grotesque absurdity in the fact that, even as Joe Biden strikes a tough pose against Russia, he is working with Vladimir Putin to empower the Islamic regime in Iran, a nation that is just as nefarious, as illiberal, and as antagonistic as Russia is to American interests. The only thing that stops Iran from acting like the Russia of the Middle East has been its inability to procure nuclear weapons.

Yet the United States and other Western nations — as well as Russia — are reportedly close to reaching a deal to restore the toothless Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. The one holdup, it seems, is Russia’s demand for a “written guarantee” that sanctions “will not in any way damage [Russia’s] full trade, economic and investment cooperation and military-technical cooperation with the Islamic State.” If history is any gauge, Biden will capitulate.

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David Harsanyi

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There is a grotesque absurdity in the fact that, even as Joe Biden strikes a tough pose against Russia, he is working with Vladimir Putin to empower the Islamic regime in Iran, a nation that is just as nefarious, as illiberal, and as antagonistic as Russia is to American interests. The only thing that stops Iran from acting like the Russia of the Middle East has been its inability to procure nuclear weapons.

Yet the United States and other Western nations — as well as Russia — are reportedly close to reaching a deal to restore the toothless Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. The one holdup, it seems, is Russia’s demand for a “written guarantee” that sanctions “will not in any way damage [Russia’s] full trade, economic and investment cooperation and military-technical cooperation with the Islamic State.” If history is any gauge, Biden will capitulate.