Indefinite delays are not a side issue in dealing with the Islamic Republic of Iran. They are the strategy. For decades, this terrorist regime has perfected the art of stalling, deflecting, and prolonging negotiations in order to advance its most dangerous objectives out of view and without consequence. That reality must guide every U.S. decision at this critical moment.

For 47 years, Iran’s ruling regime has directly financed attacks that have killed Americans — including a Iranian suicide bombing at the U.S. Embassy of Beirut that killed 63, a truck bombing that killed 241 Marines in Lebanon, the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa, the planning and facilitation of the 9/11 massacre of 3,000 Americans, according to the findings in the Havlish v. Bin Laden lawsuit and the U.S. 9/11 Report, and many more Iranian attacks on the public — and openly celebrated violence against the United States, our allies, and our interests.