5 reasons to distrust the Iran deal

Don't forget: Iran's leadership is constantly lying

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
(Image credit: (Illustration by Lauren Hansen | Images courtesy AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, iStock))

Last Thursday, the United States, its Western partners, and Iran announced a framework deal on the latter's nuclear program. The conventional wisdom quickly ended up being that Iran blinked.

Indeed, on paper, the deal looks pretty good. Iran agreed to virtually all of the United States' demands, in exchange for seemingly cosmetic concessions (the agreement runs for 10 years instead of indefinitely, as the U.S. requested — with further negotiations guaranteed no matter what). Crucially, the sanctions on Iran are to be suspended, not lifted, meaning they could be snapped back if Iran is caught cheating. Plus, the inspections regime (at least in the framework) looks as tough as could be hoped for.

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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.