HEADLINE: UN Snapback Sanctions Imposed on Iran; Debate Over Nuclear Dismantlement and Enrichment GUEST NAME: Andrea Stricker SUMMARY: John Batchelor speaks with Andrea Stricker about the US and Europe securing the snapback of UN sanctions against Iran af

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HEADLINE: UN Snapback Sanctions Imposed on Iran; Debate Over Nuclear Dismantlement and Enrichment GUEST NAME: Andrea Stricker SUMMARY: John Batchelor speaks with Andrea Stricker about the US and Europe securing the snapback of UN sanctions against Iran after 2015 JCPOA restrictions expired. Iran's non-compliance with inspection demands triggered these severe sanctions. The discussion covers the need for full dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program, including both enrichment and weaponization capabilities, to avoid future conflict. Concerns persist about Iran potentially retaining enrichment capabilities through low-level enrichment proposals and its continued non-cooperation with IAEA inspections.

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0:00.0	This is CBSI on the world. I'm John Batchel. At the end of September 2025, snapback. What is that?
0:11.9	What is JCPOA? What is the contest between Washington and Tehran? Is it about the suspect nuclear program?
0:21.6	Is it about a deal that was cut in 2015 by the Obama administration in Tehran?
0:28.0	Is it about anything in particular that can be acted upon before there's another contest
0:33.9	such as the 12-day war?
0:36.0	I welcome Andrea Stricker of the Foundation for the
0:38.7	Defense of Democracy's writing most recently national interest. We'll do some fundamentals.
0:44.8	Andrea's snapback is now in place. This is the UN imposing severe sanctions not only to do
0:51.5	with the economy but with weapon systems. All of that on Tehran.
0:55.9	Tehran did nothing to stop it.
0:57.8	All it had to do was comply with demands of inspection after the 12-day war, and it would not.
1:04.3	Therefore, the original document, the JCPOA of 2015, what do we need to know about it today? And what does snapback tell us
1:13.2	about what's going on right now? Good evening, too. Good evening, John. Thanks for having me.
1:18.8	The U.S. and Europe have really pulled off an amazing feat in securing the snapback of U.N.
1:24.3	sanctions against Iran that had expired a couple of years ago or were lifted
1:29.6	under the 2015 nuclear deal. And the JCPOA was essentially a temporary agreement that put in
1:37.6	place caps on Iran's ability to enrich uranium, the amount of uranium it could make, the types of centrifuges it could use, and the facilities it could use.
1:48.8	But it actually allowed the program to grow starting around 2025, so this year.
1:55.1	And so it really kicked the can down the road on the nuclear program.
1:59.8	And it would have had international legitimacy when Iran
2:03.8	was able to reach very low breakout times or a short ability to make nuclear weapons as soon as
2:11.9	those restrictions would sunset at the beginning of 2031. And so because Iran was not complying with the deal for many years,
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