Improving the Prospects for an Acceptable Final Deal with Iran

A viable diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear quest requires an agreement that verifiably limits its nuclear program to prevent it from attaining nuclear weapons capability. Iranian leaders, by all accounts, are loath to make concessions necessary to attain such a deal. Motivating them to accept such conditions should be a primary objective for the Obama Administration, which has pledged both to “use all elements of American power to prevent a nuclear Iran” and that a “bad deal is worse is than no deal.” A good deal, however, still appears remote.

A viable diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear quest requires an agreement that verifiably limits its nuclear program to prevent it from attaining nuclear weapons capability. Iranian leaders, by all accounts, are loath to make concessions necessary to attain such a deal. Motivating them to accept such conditions should be a primary objective for the Obama Administration, which has pledged both to “use all elements of American power to prevent a nuclear Iran” and that a “bad deal is worse is than no deal.” A good deal, however, still appears remote.