In January, the United States rebuked Zarif for honoring Imad Mughniyeh, a terrorist guilty “of terrorism that killed hundreds of innocent people, including Americans.” In February, Zarif boasted “that ‘America has wishes’ involving Iran giving up substantial parts of its nuclear program, but that ‘those wishes are unlikely to come true.’” Last month, Zarif hailed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s victory in a dubious election. These actions are not exceptions, but rather confirmation of what Ali Alfoneh and Reuel Marc Gerecht observed: “[t]he affable foreign minister turns out to be every bit as religiously ideological as the radicalized student activist he was in the late 1970s.” In his op-ed, Zarif, instead of offering compromise and understanding, showed his true extreme and defiant colors.
For more specifics on the threats posed by Iran’s nuclear program, read 10 Things You Need to Know About Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program.
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