In recent weeks, there have been a series of Iran-related developments
that should be cause for concern for anyone interested in U.S. national
security interests, the survival of the Jewish state, the future of
nuclear weapons proliferation, and/or the innocent people living in Iran
and anywhere else the Islamic Republic's tentacles might reach.

**Bad**

For starters, there have been intermittent reports that the Biden
administration is once again seeking to revive nuclear negotiations with
the Islamic Republic. We won't bother rehashing the volumes written by
us, as well as numerous others, covering the foolishness of appeasing
tyrants like those who rule in Tehran. Needless to say, our position
remains the same: there must be a fundamental change to the regime's
nuclear ambitions and nature before any sanctions relief should occur.

And the Biden administration is learning, yet again, that negotiating
with terrorists (or their radical backers) only produces more demands.
Laura Holgate, the US ambassador to the UN's international
organizations spoke at a hearing of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) on the heels of the IAEA announcing that it had closed its
probe (despite failing to get accurate answers) into unexplained
man-made uranium found at an undisclosed nuclear site a few hundred
miles from Tehran.

During her remarks, Holgate noted that Iran's demands that the IAEA
set aside standard safeguards aimed at preventing surreptitious nuclear
development "are simply impossible to accept." We could have told
her Iran's demands would be absurd, but we're glad the Biden
administration has figured it out. We'll see how long that lesson
sticks.

**Worse**

The Biden administration is not alone in repeatedly making the same
mistakes with regard to Iran; in fact, they aren't even the worst
offenders. That illustrious prize goes to the United Nations.

In recent weeks there have been efforts made to undo Iran's
appointment as chair of the UN Human Rights Council's Social Forum.
Those efforts have not succeeded, and compounding the problem, in the
interim, Tehran was elected to the UN General Assembly's Committee on
Disarmament and International Security, and even now holds one of the
General Assembly's Vice-Presidential seats.

That's right folks, the UN has decided Iran should chair a human
rights forum, sit on the panel aimed at disarmament and international
security, and even given Tehran a seat at the UN's high table. How far
both the Biden administration and the UN have fallen from their support
for the concepts of "women, life, freedom."

**Worst**

While the UN's aiding and abetting of Iran's worst crimes is
wretched, Iran's own actions and efforts have a direct and harmful
impact on the region and the world at large. From backing terrorists to
supplying arms to Russia, Iran continues to show it has zero regard for
human life. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that we are
troubled by news that Iran has developed (or at least claimed to have
developed) a hypersonic missile capable of traveling 15 times the speed
of sound. We won't beat around the bush, the goal of such a weapon is
to deliver a payload that would get through Western missile defense
capabilities and take the lives of as many innocent people as possible.

The good news is that for years the U.S. and Israel have been partnering
together to develop a method for defeating the hypersonic missile
threat. And while one should be concerned Iran is developing such a
weapon, take solace in the knowledge that the last time the U.S. and
Israel partnered to develop a missile defense system, Iron Dome (among
others) was born. In fact, the jointly developed Arrow-3 anti-ballistic
missile defense system was made operational in 2017. Moreover, just this
week, Israel's Defense Minister responded to Iran's hypersonic
missile claims by noting unequivocally that Israel can defeat whatever
her enemies have in store for her.

You'll be pleased to hear that Congress has not been sitting idly by
as the threat of Iran's drone and missile programs increases. In early
May, Representatives Michael McCaul (R-TX), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Joe
Wilson (R-SC), and Dean Phillips (D-MN), introduced legislation that
would "impose sanctions on a wide range of activities supporting
Iran's missile and drone program ahead of the October 2023 expiration
of the UN missile ban on Iran."

The U.S. and Israeli militaries are doing what they need to do. Congress
seems to be moving in the right direction as well. That leaves us, the
stalwart supporters of Israel, with a clear path to fulfilling our role
in this fight between good and evil. We must show up and speak out in
support of the policies that will keep our country, Israel, and frankly
the free world safe. And that's exactly what we'll be doing in
mid-July when the annual CUFI Summit convenes in our nation's capital.
We hope to see you there.

Sincerely,

The CUFI Action Fund Team

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