The Biden administration continues to push the myth that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a.k.a. the Iran nuclear deal, was a success in restraining Iran’s nuclear program. In the words of State Department spokesman Ned Price, it provided a “permanent . . . mechanism to ensure that Iran is never able or allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon.” Secretary Antony Blinken recently reiterated this view, blaming Iran’s nuclear progress on the Trump administration’s decision to pull out of the deal:
These statements are deceptive at best, designed to justify the administration’s failed, imprudent overtures to Tehran.
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