The Myth of the Nuclear Fatwa

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With Matthew Kroenig

Dr. MATTHEW KROENIG, author of “A Time to Attack: The Looming Iranian Nuclear Threat” and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council:

PART ONE:

• Scrutiny of a recent fatwa from Iran’s Supreme Leader claiming that the West need not worry about a nuclear-armed Iran
• What diplomatic rhetoric and support for terrorist proxies suggests about Iran’s hegemonic ambitions
• Israeli and Pentagon warnings about Iran’s nuclear capabilities

PART TWO:

• The new nuclear framework: simply “an agreement to agree”
• An Iranian “exemption” to the U.S. policy of preventing states from enrichment and reprocessing nuclear technologies
• Factors making it impossible for inspectors to properly monitor all undeclared nuclear facilities
• Vast specificities laid out in the original framework that are cause for concern

PART THREE:

• Assessing the possibility for Iran to have a peaceful nuclear program without enriching uranium
• UAE and Saudi Arabian claims they want to have the same nuclear rights that Iran will soon be granted
• Russia and China’s role in the current negotiations

PART FOUR:

• Weighing limited strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities as an alternative to the current deal
• Where Israel stands on working with Washington vs. using military force against Iran
• Logistics of how the Fordow nuclear facility could be taken out
• Differences between uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing