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Source: https://www.thetimes.com/comment/the-times-view/article/iran-nuclear-talks-play-time-9m2wcjwbg
Don't Be Fooled by Iran's Apparent Readiness to Find a Nuclear Deal
(The Times-UK) Editorial - Any deal on the nuclear program, even if unenforceable, would hand the Islamist government a diplomatic and moral victory and diminish to vanishing point the chances of regime change. It would also render the U.S. naval build-up in the Gulf superfluous. The threat of imminent bombardment may indeed have hastened Iranian flexibility, but the fleet's withdrawal, unused after a costly stay, would send the despairing Iranian opposition the message that help was indeed not on the way. U.S. negotiators must be clear that time is running out and that Washington is ready to take a far tougher line. It is a message that must be delivered forcefully.