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Source: http://nationalinterest.org/feature/trump-was-right-terminate-the-iran-deal-25755?page=show
The Nuclear Deal Hasn't Reduced Iran's Threat to International Security
(National Interest) Peter Brookes - The Iran nuclear deal was a well-intentioned effort to limit Iran's nuclear program - including its nuclear weapons program. But Tehran didn't sign up to limit its nuclear-power (or weapons) program forever, and the JCPOA essentially kicks the can down the road to the next president after Trump. Despite early calls for it to do so, the JCPOA doesn't fully address Iran's ballistic-missile program, a common delivery system for nuclear weapons. UN Security Council Resolutions 1929 and 2231 attempted to limit Iran's activities involving nuclear-capable ballistic missiles and Tehran has been accused of violating both resolutions. UN IAEA inspectors aren't allowed to check Iranian military sites. This is beyond comprehension, since nations are likely to develop nuclear weapons within the context of a military program. The writer, a Heritage Foundation senior fellow, is a former deputy assistant secretary of defense.