Iran’s MOU Nuclear Pledge Is the Strongest on Record — and the Missile Program Is Already Off the Table (opens in new tab)

For the first time in a binding bilateral text, Iran has pledged it will never produce, develop, or acquire a nuclear weapon — a commitment more explicit than any made under the JCPOA. But the agreement leaves Tehran's entire missile program untouched and hands verification duties to an IAEA that hasn't had site access in over a year.