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Calibrating the Risk of Iran Sanctions Relief

Op-eds & Essays by Richard Nephew • June 16, 2015

It is now taken as a given by many that, upon completion of a comprehensive nuclear deal, Iran will plow its hard-won sanctions relief into regional adventurism. Having dealt with the nuclear issue, Tehran will secure its real ambition of regional domination. In an op-ed for Reuters, Richard Nephew argues that this narrative is powerful, compelling, and frightening and that it is also not true.

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Calibrating the Risk of Iran Sanctions Relief

Op-eds & Essays by Richard Nephew • June 16, 2015

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