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What comes after ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran

Join us for more info Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran on Feb. 22. (Iranian Supreme Leader ) President Biden is walking a geopolitical tightrope on Iran. For weeks after his inauguration, the White House and the Iranian regime seemed to be locked in a staring contest, waiting for the other party to make the first move to restart diplomacy after the turbulence of the past few years. Though he is eager to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Biden is already facing pushback from regional allies in the Middle East and Republicans at home over making possible concessions to Tehran. Iranian officials have demanded an end to the economic sanctions levied on their country by former president Donald Trump. His move was widely considered a breach of the terms of a deal U.N. inspectors say was working in maintaining limits on the Iranian nuclear program. Chafing under sanctions, Iran began enriching uranium at levels higher than what’s permitted by the deal. Regime...
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