This nuclear diplomacy with Iran has gone about as well as playing poker with a bear. No matter what your cards are, the bear is just going to maul you anyway. And then blame you for the mauling.
Iran on Tuesday threatened to restart its contested nuclear program in violation of last summer’s international agreement if the United States and other countries fail to move forward with a massive sanctions relief program aimed at bolstering the Iranian economy, according to comments by a top Iranian leader.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chair of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy commission, warned that the Islamic Republic would “resume large-scale uranium enrichment” if leaders feel the international community is not doing enough for Iran under the nuclear deal.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s response to the other side’s non-compliance with the implementation of the nuclear deal will be uranium enrichment,” Boroujerdi was quoted as saying in Iran’s state-controlled press.
Considering that the terms of the deal could be read quite generously, Iran gets an open ended blackmail card, especially with the matter of state sanctions. And any time Iran isn't getting its way, it will threaten to go back to openly, instead of covertly, pursuing its nuclear program.