Source: The American Conservative
by Trita Parsi
“Shutting down Iran’s more than 20,600 centrifuges is not required to achieve Trump’s stated goal of preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon. Nonetheless, it remains a long-standing demand of hardliners such as George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo, and John Bolton. Many of them understood that insisting on total Iranian capitulation was the quickest path to derailing diplomacy and laying the groundwork for war. There are several reasons why Trump should not allow himself to be pushed into pursuing the zero-enrichment fantasy.” (05/13/25)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/on-iran-trump-should-resist-the-zero-enrichment-fantasy/