{"id":2080,"date":"2020-11-17T06:35:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T12:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2020-11-21T12:49:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T18:49:58","slug":"2080","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2020\/11\/17\/2080\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps it goes without saying, but entering an arms race means there is a race, and we are reminded that one\u2019s neighbors may follow.\u00a0 \u201cSaudi Minister Won’t Rule Out Developing Nuclear Weapons if Iran Does,\u201d<\/a> Haaretz, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cUN atomic watchdog: Iran now operating Natanz centrifuges,\u201d<\/a> David Rising, AP, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIranian, British foreign ministers discuss JCPOA,\u201d<\/a> Tehran Times, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

In the category of \u201cread the details,\u201d the FM claims that if the U.S. president will simply sign executive orders, Iran will immediately come back into the JCPOA.\u00a0 But read the article, and remember all the other pronouncements by the Iranian government representatives for many, many months\u2014that is not accurate.\u00a0 At the least, the U.S. has a number of steps it has to take first, including paying billions to Iran for \u201csanctions relief.\u201d\u00a0 And Iran doesn\u2019t have to do anything.\u00a0 See \u201cIran’s Zarif says Biden can lift sanctions with ‘three executive orders’,\u201d<\/a> Reuters, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpcoming Terrorism Trial Is Opportunity To Challenge Status Quo Relations With Iran,\u201d<\/a> Alejo Vidal Quadras, NCRI, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy Is Iran Talking About Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Now?,\u201d<\/a> Fabian Hinz, Radio Farda, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

Another way of saying this is, will the new Administration look to Israel to encourage Iran to change?\u00a0 See \u201cIsrael\u2019s Success Against Iran Poses a Challenge for Biden,\u201d<\/a> Eli Lake, op-ed, Bloomberg, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cChinese and Russian officials made clear at a 2019 area studies conference in Beijing, which one of us attended, that their nations share the goal of deposing the United States as global leader.\u201d\u00a0 (and \u201cTehran May Be Less Open Than Ever to Threats or Persuasion\u201d).\u00a0 See \u201cChina and Russia Have Iran\u2019s Back,\u201d<\/a> Jamsheed Choksy and Carol Choksy, Foreign Affairs, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Denies Borders Change After Karabakh Peace Deal,\u201d<\/a> Radio Farda, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Starts Mass Producing 20-Minute COVID-19 Test,\u201d<\/a> IFP, November 17, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perhaps it goes without saying, but entering an arms race means there is a race, and we are reminded that one\u2019s neighbors may follow.\u00a0 \u201cSaudi Minister Won’t Rule Out Developing Nuclear Weapons if Iran Does,\u201d Haaretz, November 17, 2020. \u201cUN atomic watchdog: Iran now operating Natanz centrifuges,\u201d David Rising, AP, November 17, 2020. \u201cIranian, British … <\/p>\n

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