The 2020 Democrats have to bring back the deal.
Despite the early stage of the 2020 race, several major Democratic Presidential candidates have already announced their support for returning the U.S. to compliance with the Iran nuclear deal—including Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. But despite the obvious benefits of returning, some voices have already begun to push back.
Fearful of exposing these divisions in the transatlantic alliance, Europe convinced the State Department to water down the agenda of February’s Warsaw ministerial from an Iran-bashing fest to little more than a brainstorm on the Middle East. Still, Vice President Mike Pence failed to get the memo, calling on Europe to leave the JCPOA on European turf while excoriating our allies for sustaining an agreement that the U.S. negotiated.
Some, perhaps deluded by wishful thinking, have argued that growing despair and economic plight in Iran is a recipe for the end of the regime. However, both the history of sanctions and the Islamic Republic itself cast severe doubt on this assumption. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has expanded both its economic and political power amid U.S.
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