The proposed agreement between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran is being promoted as a diplomatic success. I see it differently. I believe it represents a dangerous retreat from reality at a moment when moral clarity and strategic resolve are needed most.

For nearly half a century, the Islamic Republic has pursued the same objectives: preserving its revolutionary ideology, expanding its regional influence, suppressing its own people, and threatening its neighbors. Administrations in Washington have come and gone. Negotiators have changed. The regime’s fundamental behavior has not.

That is why the central question was never simply about centrifuges, uranium enrichment levels, or inspection protocols.

The problem is the regime itself.

As a Muslim who has spent years fighting extremism and building Muslim-Jewish dialogue, I have learned a difficult lesson: peace cannot be built on wishful thinking. It must be built on an honest assessment of intentions.

The Islamic Republic has financed terrorist organizations, armed proxy militias, imprisoned........

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