President Donald Trump deserves recognition for bringing unprecedented pressure to bear on the Iranian regime and forcing Tehran back to the negotiating table. But history offers a clear warning: Iran’s leaders have repeatedly used diplomacy as a tactical pause rather than a strategic change of course. Any agreement that relies on trust, patience, or the assumption of good faith risks empowering a regime that has spent decades deceiving inspectors, funding terrorist proxies, and threatening America’s closest ally in the Middle East. The real test begins not when Iran signs a deal, but in the months and years that follow.

President Donald Trump deserves substantial credit for forcing Iran back to the negotiating table. That is no small achievement. The Iranian regime does not suddenly embrace diplomacy because it has discovered moderation or goodwill. It negotiates when confronted with overwhelming pressure and the prospect of serious consequences.

Yet Americans should recognize a basic reality. There is a profound difference between compelling Iran to sign an agreement and compelling Iran to abandon the behavior that has defined the regime for decades. The first is diplomacy. The second is far more difficult.

The greatest danger is not that Iran refuses to sign. The greatest danger is that Iran signs, celebrates the agreement, and then proceeds to do what it has always done.

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