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Iran's Pre-Deal Deceptions
(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - The foundation of the 2015 nuclear deal was ostensibly an honest accounting of Iran's nuclear misdeeds. Yet the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Friday, and Tehran's intransigence in denying access to two sites, make clear the country has been hiding nuclear facilities and material. The evidence raises anew the suspicion that the regime's plan was to reap the accord's economic rewards, then - assisted by hidden materials and research - move to produce a weapon once the deal's restrictions expire. It would be downright foolish to ease sanctions on Iran amid its IAEA dispute. There's no way to negotiate a new deal, or return to the old one, without a real accounting of the country's nuclear materials and research.