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Actual decisions needed on Iran

Op-eds & Essays by Richard Nephew • August 13, 2015

As Washington enjoys its mid-August hiatus, a new, misleading narrative has started to emerge about the Iran nuclear deal: voting against the deal is consequence-free. Writing in The Hill, Richard Nephew argues that if we are to be serious about preventing Iran from having a nuclear weapon, we need to ensure that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) enters into force, on time, and with enough support to weather the inevitable implementation problems that will come up.

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Actual decisions needed on Iran

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