Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke in Washington in April after the Trump administration launched a review of the Iran nuclear deal
By MICHAEL
WASHINGTON, New York Times, September 13, 2017 — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said last month that United States policy toward Iran shouldn’t begin and end with the nuclear deal. Washington’s issues with that country are far wider, Mr. Tillerson said, citing Iran’s meddling in Syria and Iraq, and its support for terrorist groups like Hezbollah.
The secretary of state is certainly right about that. But he elided an important point: Without a stable approach to the nuclear deal, questions about its fate will distract from and ultimately hobble broader American diplomacy on Iran and other crucial issues in the Middleampaigned on promises to tear up the nuclear deal — has indicated that in mid-October, when the next 90-day deadline for Iran’s compliance with the agreement arrives, he will find that Iran has violated it. This could lead to the deal’s collapse.
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