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Opinion: As U.S.-Iranian relations thaw, Ottawa must remember the Islamic regime is not our friend

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Last week, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding meant to end the war that began in February. It extends a ceasefire, reopens the Strait of Hormuz and, most consequentially, clears the way for Iran to resume oil sales. The nuclear questions that started the war are intended to be addressed over the next two months. What Tehran gets now is a reprieve, a free hand to crush dissent at home, a nuclear program left intact for now and money. What Tehran will do with that money should concern us all.

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Writing in the New York Post, Mark Dubowitz and Miad Maleki of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies argue that the regime’s trapped oil revenue, tens of billions of dollars piled up in foreign accounts it cannot freely repatriate, is the single most powerful non-military lever the West holds, and this deal begins to release it.

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After the 2015 nuclear accord normalized Iran’s oil........

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