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Getting to No with Iran
(U.S. News) Jamil N. Jaffer - The Iran nuclear deal was a terrible deal from the start, combining a significant weakening of the long-standing international position on ballistic missile development with offering Iran the opportunity to conduct advanced R&D on uranium centrifuges, a self-testing regime on nuclear military sites, and a potential long-term path to a weapon even in compliance with the deal. Moreover, Iran has proven itself to be an inveterate cheater. The Institute for Science and International Security in Washington has repeatedly cataloged Iran's bad behavior since the beginning of the deal, including attempts to acquire carbon fiber, a key centrifuge component, and Iran's multiple violations of numerical limits on heavy water, a key component for the development of plutonium, not to mention the arms transfers and travel ban violations that U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley outlined in her recent speech at the UN. Professor Jamil N. Jaffer is the founder of the National Security Institute at George Mason University Law School.