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Tehran's Threat of a Nuclear Breakout Shows Its Real Intentions - Editorial
(Wall Street Journal) Iran said Monday that by the end of June it will exceed the limits it had agreed to on its stockpile of enriched uranium. Exceeding the cap would violate the 2015 nuclear deal and force European leaders to decide if they want to acquiesce to Iran or join the U.S. in an effort to pressure Tehran to renegotiate the failed nuclear deal. It turns out the U.S. has enough economic power that European companies are abiding by the new sanctions rather than risk losing access to the U.S. market. Iran is feeling the financial squeeze and is now acting up. Critics are blaming the U.S. for "backing Iran into a corner," but Iran is the bad actor here. Iran could have used the nuclear deal as an invitation to rejoin the world economy as a normal trading state. But it used the financial windfall to finance its missile program at home and spread terror abroad. The best way to reduce the danger of a shooting war in the region is for Europe to join the U.S. in a united campaign to persuade Iran that its only path out of sanctions is to renegotiate the nuclear deal and cease its export of revolution.