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In this week's Action Update, we're going to focus all our attention
on Iran. Tehran is the leading state sponsor of terror. The regime is
pursuing a nuclear weapon. But their people have long been disgusted
with their leaders, and a war criminal now occupies the President's
chair in the Islamic Republic.

**Attack on Israeli Ship**

As you may have seen, an Israeli oil tanker was attacked off the coast
of Oman by a suicide drone last week. Two innocent people, a Brit and a
Romanian, were killed. The Israeli, American, and British governments
have all made clear that they have every confidence Iran was behind the
attack and the three nations are examining options for a response.

This attack, on a civilian vessel, comes as a shadow war between Iran
and Israel rages. Last month, Iran's largest warship caught fire and
sank in the Gulf of Oman. The cause of the blaze is unknown. Likewise, a
series of cyber attacks and other mysterious events - including a fire
at an Iranian oil refinery - have occurred.

In most cases, conclusive evidence as to what caused these incidents is
either unknown or not released to the public - but we don't believe
in coincidences. There appears to be a sophisticated and concerted
effort underway to undermine Iran's ability to spread destruction
throughout the region and continue to develop a nuclear weapons
capability. We don't ever advocate for war, but if a shadow battle is
taking place between the West and the tyrants of Tehran, we know whose
side we're on.

**A Murderer Takes Office**

This week, Ebrahim Raisi will take power as President of Iran. He's a
murderer, responsible for the deaths of thousands of Iranians who would
dared to oppose the radical regime of the Islamic Republic. He's a war
criminal. He is pure evil. And now, under the ultimate command of
Iran's Supreme Leader, he is the leader of Iran.

On the one hand, this indicates that the above shadow war between the
Israel and Iran will likely continue. Raisi doesn't seek compromise
with his opponents, he seeks to kill them. On the other hand, one should
never forget that the specter of revolution in Iran is never far off.
The young people of Iran, who've been recently protesting the
diversion of water from the people to oil production, abhor the Islamic
Republic and everything it stands for. They want to live free and happy
lives. And not a day goes by where we couldn't wake up to full scale
revolution in the country. The only thing that has kept the regime in
power is the very brutality Raisi embodies. We look forward to the day
the people of Iran overthrow their leaders and install a representative
government.

**Iran Nuclear Deal on Life Support**

If the gamblers in Las Vegas were placing bets on the Iran nuclear deal
coming back into fruition they likely wouldn't give the prospect of
returning to the old deal very high odds. Despite the Biden
administration seemingly wanting a deal at virtually any cost, even for
the President their seem to be limits. Iran has continuously tried to
extract more concessions from the US. Most recently, they want to avoid
a situation where the next President of the United States, whomever they
may be, cannot simply walk away from the deal as President Trump did.
Iran thinks the answer lies in making the US subservient to the UN in
this context, but that will never happen.

We believe that any agreement with Iran should have staying power. And
the founders of our country foresaw the need for treaties to be stable,
long term commitments. As such they offered a Constitutionally mandated
method for achieving that goal: ratification by the US Senate.

That is the only way Iran will ever see sustained sanctions relief and
economic improvement. But that will require significant bipartisan
support in the US. As such, whether President Biden or President Raisi
like it or not, the only path forward is a comprehensive deal that
addresses Iran's nuclear program, support for terror and human rights
abuses. If this sounds familiar, it's because we've been saying it
all along.

The Islamic Republic, if it is to have a future, needs a deal with world
powers, in particular the US. Conversely, the US doesn't need a deal
with Tehran. The White House may want it, but they would do well to
remember the distinction between "want" and "need." If they do,
they may just get the "longer and stronger" agreement they claim to
seek.

Sincerely,

CUFI Action Fund Team

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