CONTRIBUTOR
May 08, 2023
8:45 AM ET
The United States withdrawal from the JCPOA pressured Iran to alter its role as the lead fiscal sponsor of terrorism proxies around the world such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Jihad, the Houthis and more. The U.S. sanctions helped stem the flow of funds toward terrorist activities globally and Iran’s pursuit of nuclear terror.
Under the Biden administration, with less focus on national security for America and its allies, the Middle East looks much different today than it did five years ago. The Iranian regime grows stronger, the world is more at risk from Iran-sponsored terrorism, the Iranian people are repressed at every turn, and the Chinese Communist Party, no friend of freedom, weighs increasingly heavy in the region through its strengthened friendship with Iran.
Just months after President Biden assumed office, Beijing signed a deal to invest $400B over the next 25 years into Iran. We saw recently the central role China played in brokering a normalization agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia. This Communist investment in the region is unprecedented and bodes poorly for America’s regional security. Furthermore, we all know that the Khamenei regime will not use this outside investment to further their own people but they will use it to grow their terrorist proxies.
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