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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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U.S President Barack Obama during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in response to the Iran nuclear deal on July 15, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif April 19, 2016 at the United Nations in New York. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iranian schoolgirls wave their national flag and hold an anti-US slogan during celebrations in Tehran's Azadi Square (Freedom Square) to mark the 37th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on February 11, 2016. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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A S-200 surface-to-air missile is driven past Iranian military commanders during the annual military parade on September 22, 2015, in the capital Tehran. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama at the United Nations headquarters September 28, 2015 in New York City. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the Iran nuclear agreement August 5, 2015 (Photo by Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
