The Iran Deal Is Dead. Democrats Should Move On (Bloomberg Editorial)

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The Iran Deal Is Dead. Democrats Should Move On
Politicians should commit to a new agreement — one that might actually work.

If there’s one thing the huge (and growing) field of Democratic presidential aspirants largely agrees on, it’s that the U.S. ought to reenter the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. This week, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O’Rourke became the latest to join the chorus. Unfortunately, going down this path would be a big mistake — and a missed opportunity.

Known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal was negotiated by President Barack Obama’s administration and agreed to by Iran and six world powers in 2015. In essence, it sought to impose a 25-year quarantine on the Islamic Republic’s ability to develop nuclear weapons. Last year, President Donald Trump unilaterally terminated the agreement.

Although Trump’s decision was rash, it wasn’t wrong. The deal was fatally flawed. Even as it was being negotiated, critics in the Middle East and beyond complained that the Obama administration was ignoring Iran’s destabilizing activities in the region. They feared the regime would use the political cover provided by the JCPOA to step up its threatening behavior.

Read more at: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-24/the-iran-deal-is-dead-democrats-should-move-on

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#Iran's Municipality attacking and detained a young street peddler in Tehran.
This is while street peddlers can barely make enough to survive let alone pay for a booth.

 80% of Iran’s population under the poverty line while @khamenei_ir's  wealth worth $200 billion.

https://twitter.com/nikooamini/status/1130102677894041605

Sounds little better than under the Shah!