April 21, 2015
Nuclear Deal That Iran's Moderates Want May Entrench Hard-Liners
Even if an agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program is reached, it would leave one big question unanswered.
Would a deal help strengthen the country’s moderates, or would it enrich and embolden the forces that remain intent on exporting Iran’s Islamic revolution?
“I think there are hard-liners inside of Iran that think it is the right thing to do to oppose us, to seek to destroy Israel, to cause havoc in places like Syria or Yemen or Lebanon,” U.S. President Barack Obama said in an April 6 interview with NPR. “And then I think there are others inside Iran who think that this is counterproductive.”Even if an agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program is reached, it would leave one big question unanswered.
Read the full article at Bloomberg.