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It trusted the Iranians to enforce restrictions against themselves, and as a result – as the recent presentation by Israeli Prime Minister @Netanyahu made clear – significant parts of Iran’s nuclear weapons program went undetected.

The terms also included incentives and concessions to sweeten the deal even further for Iran, including placing some of their nuclear activities under international sponsorship.

There is little doubt that Iran poses an immediate threat to the United States.

Iran is the world’s foremost state sponsors of terrorism and has been caught plotting to launch attacks on American soil. They have sought to acquire nuclear weapons. They continue to hold American citizens hostage.

Iran's money laundering and terror financing operations poison the global financial system that we rely on for continued prosperity.

They have set up and funded proxies across the Middle East – Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, Hamas in Gaza – who attack our allies and have launched missiles at our ships.

They have seized and harassed our sailors in the Arabian Gulf. They engage in cyber warfare against us, our companies, and our interests. Their proxies smuggle drugs into the United States, eroding our health and degrading our society.

They boast about having seized Arab capitals and creating a crescent of Shia control. Their forces launched an armed drone into Israel, arguably an act of war.