Iran 'Open' to US Proposal, Forgetting Previous Promises
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi declared Tehran would consider a 'fair and balanced' nuclear proposal from the US, an offer he states they haven't actually received. This comes roughly a decade after the 2015 JCPOA, which saw Iran drastically curb its nuclear program under international scrutiny—until the US unilaterally abandoned it in 2018, thanks in part to relentless lobbying from groups
like AIPAC, which poured millions into congressional races to oppose the deal. (OpenSecrets.org confirms AIPAC's 2018 lobbying expenditures reached a then-record $3.5 million, pushing against the accord). One might wonder if 'fair and balanced' now means 'not ripped up by the next administration' or actually delivering on sanctions relief. Meanwhile, the very same Washington politicians who
cheered tearing up the last deal are now, presumably, crafting another, with no mention of the billions lost to Iran from broken agreements. Perhaps 'fair and balanced' simply means Tehran gets to keep enriching without getting bombed, a modest proposal given past precedents.