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January 14, 2021

Iran’s Recent Troublemaking Is a Sign of Weakness

The U.S. should press its advantage.

While the Islamic Republic last week captured a South Korean oil tanker, and announced that it has begun producing weapons-grade uranium, it has let the anniversary of the death of the generalissimo and terrorist mastermind Qassem Suleimani go by without any acts of revenge—despite threats of major military action. Yossi Kuperwasser sees this behavior as a sign that the ayatollahs are trying to pressure President-elect Joe Biden into reentering the 2015 nuclear deal, but afraid of doing anything to provoke an American response:

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