(JNS) As details of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Iran framework agreement begin to emerge, Jewish organizations and policy experts said that questions remain whether its terms go far enough and if Tehran can be trusted to adhere to them.
“Whether or not this agreement succeeds lies in strict verification and intrusive enforcement,” Daniel S. Mariaschin, CEO of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS.
“Given Iran’s 47-year history of deceit and deception, its secretive nuclear program and its role as paymaster and armorer of terrorist proxies will mean that monitoring this agreement cannot be passive,” Mariaschin said.
“Given that, nothing here should deny Israel the right to defend itself against any threats that may emanate from Hezbollah or any quarter,” he told JNS.
The memorandum of understanding that Trump, U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signed electronically on Monday calls for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen gradually, U.S. naval blockade on Iran to lift and...
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