Biden Plans To Re-Enter Iran Deal
Originally published February 24, 2021 https://www.queensjewishlink.com/index.php/opinion/4107-biden-plans-to-re-enter-iran-deal “ I can assure you that the president...is not looking to the last presidency as the model for his foreign policy moving forward.” Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, said this in response to a tariff question, but it is indicative of the Biden administrations defining policy principle: Anything Trump did, reverse it. This includes charging right back into the atrocious Iran Deal (more formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan. of Action, or the JCPOA), which guaranteed Iran a path to a nuclear weapon by 2025 and unlimited leeway to fund terrorism without sanction. One of the best moves of the Trump administration was pulling out of that deal, and curbing Iran’s continued aggression in the region. As a refresher, Trump’s victories in Iran are not limited to pulling out of the Iran Deal. 2020 alone saw a great reduction in Iran’s capabilities,