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Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties following the barracks bombing in Beirut on October 23, 1983. If negotiators hope to revive the Iran nuclear deal, they must address the billions of dollars’ worth of civil judgments by US victims of terrorism against Iran. Photo credit: United States Marine Corps. Public domain image.

US courts say Iran owes terrorism victims billions. That’s an obstacle to a new Iran nuclear deal.

By Christopher A. Bidwell | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

President Biden delivers remarks to the virtual Munich Security Conference. Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images

Foreign commercial banks: The essential partner in future discussions of the Iran nuclear deal

By Christopher A. Bidwell | Nuclear Weapons

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