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Source: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/letting-iran-go-nuclear
Letting Iran Go Nuclear
(Washington Institute for Near East Policy) Robert Satloff - Washington remains ready to re-enter the nuclear deal whenever Iran says okay. But Iran hasn't said okay. In the meantime, the Iranians have gone on an enrichment blitz, using centrifuges far more advanced and sophisticated than those allowed under the original agreement. The menacing reality is that Iran's nuclear program is galloping ahead - and the U.S. is doing very little about it. I oppose a return to the deeply flawed JCPOA and I especially oppose the sweetened terms the U.S. has since offered to entice Iran to accept a watered-down version. Whatever nonproliferation benefits there may be to the deal are far outweighed by the huge advantages Iran would reap, from legitimizing its illegal nuclear progress to receiving substantial financial rewards that would fuel subversion and terrorism throughout the Middle East. The writer is executive director of The Washington Institute.