U.S. should agree to the nuclear deal with Iran
Nuclear deal with Iran would not harm U.S. interests
- U.S. can manage risk that Iran will direct sanctions relief to fund its aggressive foreign policy
- Nuclear deal with Iran creates space and channels for U.S. to challenge Iran's aggressive foreign operations
- U.S. will maintain strong sanctions and vigilance against Iranian foreign policy under the nuclear deal
- Political and economic necessity will compel Iran to use sanctions relief for domestic priorities
- Nuclear deal unlikely to uniquely undermine nonproliferation norm
- Nuclear deal with Iran will not further destabilize region
- Negotiations with Iran are not comparable to 1938 Munich agreement
- U.S. has successfully negotiated nuclear agreements with rogue regimes before
There are no viable alternatives to the current nuclear deal with Iran
- Covert operations are not a viable option for preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon
- Regime change is not a viable option to resolve Iranian nuclear crisis
- Military option would not resolve Iranian nuclear issue
- Military strike could speed-up rather than reverse Iran's nuclear program
- Inadequate intelligence on Iranian nuclear program for a successful military strike
- Osirak example showed ineffectiveness of military strikes to rollback nuclear weapon programs
- Unilateral Israeli strike would not prevent a nuclear Iran
- Unilateral Israeli strike on Iran would be disastrous
- Israel does not have military capacity to strike Iran
- Military strike on Iran would be disastrous
- Military strike on Iran would have global economic consequences
- Military strike on Iran would result in thousands of civilian causalties
- Military strike on Iran would strengthen regime and reverse democratic reform
- Iran has multiple options to retaliate against a military strike
- Iran would respond to an attack by closing Strait of Hormuz
- Iran would escalate support to terrorist groups after military strike
- Iran would openly escalate foreign operations if attacked, further destabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan
- Iran has chemical and biological weapons arsenal
- Military strike on Iran would escalate to broader regional war
- Ground invasion of Iran is inevitable consequence of bombing campaign
- Coercive diplomacy will not work to force Iran to come to better terms
- Increasing sanctions pressure on Iran now would cause our international partners to pull out of regime
- India has a strategic and economic relationship with Iran
- Russia has a strategic and economic relationship with Iran
- Further restrictions on Iranian enrichment are not obtainable
- Sanctions have not been effective at changing Iran’s behavior
- Incremental diplomatic approach with Iran is best policy
- Multilateral enrichment facilities are not a solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis