{"id":2258249,"date":"2024-06-03T03:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T07:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-nuclear-iran-will-be-bidens-biggest-foreign-policy-blunder\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T03:48:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T07:48:18","slug":"a-nuclear-iran-will-be-bidens-biggest-foreign-policy-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-nuclear-iran-will-be-bidens-biggest-foreign-policy-blunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Greatest Foreign Policy Mistake: A Nuclear Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-nuclear-iran-will-be-bidens-biggest-foreign-policy-blunder%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2258249&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary \u2063discusses the International Atomic Energy Agency&#8217;s report on Iran&#8217;s nuclear advancements, fueled \u2064by Biden administration&#8217;s policy failures. Highlighted is Iran&#8217;s uranium stockpile surpassing limits, \u2063with potential for nuclear weapon\u2064 creation. Criticism\u2064 is directed at Biden&#8217;s shift to \u2063appeasement, providing Iran \u200cfinancial support for malign activities, worsening global security.\u2062 Biden&#8217;s\u2063 policies are deemed detrimental, leading to Iran&#8217;s nuclear\u2062 progress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a gloomy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/27\/iran-increases-stockpile-enriched-uranium-00160048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> last week about the rapid advancement Iran has made in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-pm-naftali-bennett-warns-world-that-imminent-action-coming-against-iranian-nuclear-program\/\" title=\"Israeli PM Naftali Bennett Warns World That Imminent Action Coming Against Iranian Nuclear Program\">nuclear weapon program<\/a>. Iran\u2019s progress directly results from the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-we-should-worry-that-kamala-harris-is-already-taking-foreign-calls-on-bidens-behalf\/\" title=\"Why We Should Worry That Kamala Harris Is Already Taking Foreign Calls On Biden\u2019s Behalf\">foreign policy failures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the IAEA\u2019s May report, Iran\u2019s overall stockpile of enriched uranium increased by 1,489.8 pounds since the agency\u2019s last report in February. The nation now has 13,671.5 pounds of enriched uranium, exceeding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/27\/iran-increases-stockpile-enriched-uranium-00160048\">661 pounds<\/a> stockpile limit that Iran had agreed to in the 2015 nuclear deal. What\u2019s also shocking is that Iran\u2019s stockpile includes 313.2 pounds of uranium enriched up to 60 percent. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-845388190\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d8eab226e2192f58fd7d241617d85682 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d8eab226e2192f58fd7d241617d85682\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAround 42 kilograms (92.5 pounds) of uranium enriched to 60 percent is the amount at which creating one atomic weapon is theoretically possible \u2014 if the material is enriched further to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-continues-nuclear-program-aims-to-enrich-uranium-to-20\/\" title=\"Iran continues nuclear program, aims to enrich uranium to 20%\">weapons-grade levels<\/a> of 90 percent,\u201d according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>The IAEA\u2019s latest report shows that the Obama\/Biden team\u2019s faith in curtailing Iran\u2019s nuclear ambition through diplomatic negotiation is misplaced because Iran has no interest in abiding by any international agreement. It also shows that Iran is well on its way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-dir-nominee-u-s-must-prevent-iran-from-developing-nuclear-weapons\/\" title=\"CIA Dir. Nominee: U.S. must prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons\">developing nuclear weapons<\/a>, probably sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, since Iran never let the IAEA thoroughly inspect its nuclear program and has barred IAEA inspectors completely since September 2023, Iran\u2019s actual stockpile of enriched uranium is likely higher than the figures IAEA reported. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the IAEA chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/27\/iran-increases-stockpile-enriched-uranium-00160048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned that<\/a> Iran has enough enriched uranium\u00a0to make \u201cseveral\u201d nuclear bombs.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has been able to make such significant advancements in its nuclear program thanks to the Biden administration. Before Joe Biden became president, Iran\u2019s economy struggled under heavy economic sanctions imposed by the Trump administration after the U.S. withdrew from the ineffective 2015 nuclear deal. The Trump administration\u2019s \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d sanctions cost Iran at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-wont-biden-enforce-sanctions-against-iranian-oil-ccdac920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$200 billion<\/a> in oil revenue, and it had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdd.org\/analysis\/2019\/01\/08\/new-iranian-draft-budget-slashes-military-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cut its military spending and handouts to its militant proxies<\/a>. Political leaders in the Middle East widely praised the Trump administration\u2019s policy on Iran as the only approach that had worked in curtailing Iran\u2019s belligerence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ed205566c6270316681cc676ea0e7b4f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ed205566c6270316681cc676ea0e7b4f\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Policy of Appeasement<\/h2>\n<p>But as soon as Biden came into office, he replaced the Trump administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-gop-introduces-largest-package-of-iran-sanctions-in-history\/\" title=\"Congressional GOP Introduces Largest Package of Iran Sanctions in History\">maximum pressure policy<\/a> toward Iran with his maximum appeasement policy. The Biden administration let it be known that one of its highest priorities in foreign policy was to revive the nuclear negotiation with Iran, insisting a deal would make the world safer. To win over the mullahs, the Biden administration has kept throwing Iran one lifeline after another.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Iran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-wont-biden-enforce-sanctions-against-iranian-oil-ccdac920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> has made $100 billion in revenue from its oil exports since Biden took office because Biden refuses to enforce the Trump administration\u2019s oil sanctions on Iran. The Biden administration also let Iran access $6 billion from its unfrozen assets. Team Biden was foolish to believe that Iran would use the proceeds solely for \u201chumanitarian purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Iranian regime, flush with cash, has been able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/operation-prosperity-guardian-houthis-iran-pentagon-lloyd-austin-fe05e7d2?st=vtuj5wldijj1erl&#038;reflink=article_copyURL_share&#038;mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fund its proxies<\/a> to cause serious harm to the U.S. military, allies, and international commerce. For instance, Hamas launched the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack against Israel. Houthi rebels in Yemen continue to use Iranian-supplied missiles and drones to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/houthis-using-iranian-missiles-drones-attack-civilian-military-targets-across-middle-east-dia-confirms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attack civilian and military targets across the Middle East and to terrorize international shipping<\/a> in the Red Sea. Early this year, a drone attack launched by Iran-backed militants killed three U.S. service members and injured at least 25 others in a U.S. military base in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border. Only a few weeks ago, the Middle East got dangerously close to a full-out war as Iran launched its first-ever direct missile attack against Israel.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prioritizing the Election over Security<\/h2>\n<p>Now we know that the influx of cash has also enabled Iran to make significant progress on its nuclear program during President Biden\u2019s first term. The world is a far less safe place today due to President Biden\u2019s foreign policy failures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3df5d7ce1a72e6c4fcfeacfe3df7cbb0 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3df5d7ce1a72e6c4fcfeacfe3df7cbb0\"><\/div>\n<p>What\u2019s more depressing is that Team Biden has demonstrated they are incapable and unwilling to learn from their policy failures and change their course of action. They are so power-hungry that they have prioritized how to stay in power for four more years over how to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/u-s-opposes-european-plan-to-censure-iran-over-nuclear-work-85ad7fc6?mod=middle-east_more_article_pos2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, the Biden administration, wanting to focus on the upcoming November election, has pressured European allies to back off plans to criticize Iran for\u00a0advances in its nuclear program. European allies are \u201cfrustrated over what they see as U.S. efforts to undermine their approach,\u201d the Journal reports. They are deeply concerned that the Biden administration \u201clacks a strategy for dealing with Iran\u2019s nuclear advances\u201d and \u201cappears unwilling to either pursue a serious diplomatic effort with Iran or take punitive actions against Tehran\u2019s nuclear transgressions.\u201d The Journal editorial board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/iran-uranium-stockpile-nuclear-weapons-international-atomic-energy-agency-biden-administration-4ec62643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warned that<\/a> \u201cwhile Mr. Biden stalls until November, Tehran won\u2019t. Expect the pace of enrichment to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7723239\/Iran-vows-destroy-America-Israel-Saudi-Arabia-cross-Tehrans-red-lines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made it clear<\/a> that it regards Israel and the United States as its mortal enemies. The fanatic mullahs will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons either directly or indirectly through proxies to seek the destruction of Israel and the United States. An Iran possessing nuclear weapons will be Biden\u2019s biggest foreign policy blunder and the world\u2019s worst nightmare.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7895cc52cf2503c4b6c47a97f2e268af fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-7895cc52cf2503c4b6c47a97f2e268af\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IAEA&#8217;s recent report highlighted Iran&#8217;s significant strides in its nuclear program, attributing the acceleration to Biden&#8217;s foreign policy missteps. The May report revealed a substantial 1,489.8-pound surge in Iran&#8217;s enriched uranium stockpile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":2258250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ilham_Aliyev_meet_Ali_Khamenei_-_March_5_2017_4-e1717121034519.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2258249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ilham_Aliyev_meet_Ali_Khamenei_-_March_5_2017_4-e1717121034519.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2258249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2258249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2258250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2258249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2258249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2258249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}