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Iranian missile launch
TEL AVIV: White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Israeli national security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat have agreed to establish an interagency working group to focus on the threat from Iran’s precision-guided missiles being shared with Hezbollah and other allies.
Israeli defense sources told BD that while the Trump Administration focused on how to stop Iran’s gallop towards a nuclear bomb, the issue of Iran’s precision ballistic missiles has been ignored. Israel has reportedly launched at least 200 strikes against Iranian weapons shipments in recent years.
The reaction here to news of the new group was: “Too late, too little.”
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Biden has a narrow window of opportunity to prevent a new nuclear crisis with Iran.
To restore the 2015 nuclear deal, Biden needs Congress support, including that of hawkish Democrats.
Thomas M. Countryman is chairman of the Arms Control Association and a former assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation.
Amid growing rumors that the US s return to the JCPOA is now a when and not if scenario, it is critical that Congress supports President Joe Biden as he progresses closer to restoring US and Iranian compliance with the 2015 multilateral deal.
Biden has a narrow window of opportunity to prevent a new nuclear crisis with Iran a situation created in 2018 when former President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the agreement and congressional support from Democrats will help ensure diplomacy is victorious.