Europe’s Last-Ditch Call with Iran Reveals Flaws in Global Sanctions Enforcement

With the clock ticking down to an Aug. 31 deadline, Iran’s outreach for a telephone call with European powers is less a genuine diplomatic breakthrough and more a strategic delay tactic to dodge renewed United Nations sanctions tied to its nuclear ambitions. The scheduled talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and counterparts from France, Germany, Britain — joined by the EU’s top diplomat — reveal just how ineffective years of global appeasement have been in curbing Tehran’s quest for nuclear weapons. Why Are We Still Negotiating with an Untrustworthy Regime? Despite mounting evidence that Iran has ramped up uranium...