{"id":252691,"date":"2021-12-07T14:52:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T19:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=252691"},"modified":"2023-02-01T04:36:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T03:36:52","slug":"singular-focus-on-iran-nuclear-deal-prevents-action-on-other-issues-including-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/singular-focus-on-iran-nuclear-deal-prevents-action-on-other-issues-including-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Singular Focus on Iran Nuclear Deal Prevents Action on Other Issues, Including Terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New rounds of negotiations over Iran\u2019s clandestine\u00a0 ended without any result last week. Despite the Iranian regime\u2019s efforts to kill time and pursue its goal of obtaining a nuclear bomb, Western powers continue their weak approach.<\/p>\n

While there is no question that preventing Iran\u2019s acquisition of a nuclear weapon must be a top-line priority for all nations, that goal should always be recognized as part of a larger effort to contain the regime\u2019s various malign activities.<\/p>\n

The prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran is, of course, a unique threat to global security, but there are other threats emanating from Tehran which are also serious, and much more immediate. The Iranian regime is the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terrorism, but somehow this fact seems to have been thoroughly overshadowed in recent years, as Western officials have remained myopically focused on establishing and then restoring a nuclear agreement, even to the detriment of all other issues.<\/p>\n

This single-mindedness was a key feature of early criticisms of the highly flawed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The U.S. withdrew from the deal, demanding a more comprehensive agreement to address all of Tehran\u2019s malign activities.<\/p>\n

Upon returning to the Vienna talks after a five-month delay, Iranian officials started demanding the immediate and comprehensive removal of US sanctions and insisting that points which were allegedly agreed upon in prior sessions can now be renegotiated. This has understandably raises serious questions about the prospect for the JCPOA<\/a> to be restored at all. What it should have done, however, is raise equally serious questions about the value of sticking to a compartmentalized approach in the face of Tehran\u2019s defiance.<\/p>\n

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