Another deadline, another failure by the Iranian regime and the Obama administration to reach a nuclear agreement. This deadline was described Monday as “a real deadline” by State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf — as opposed to the previous deadlines, which proved not to be so “real” after all.

But this new delay in reaching a resolution acceptable to all parties should be especially troubling, as the late tells in the negotiations cast doubt upon both Iran’s intentions and Obama’s competence in preventing a terrorist-sponsoring regime from acquiring nuclear weapons.