Column: Iran protests have shoved the nuclear issue off center stage. It will be back

Key Facts

• The sobering fact is that there isn’t much the United States and other outside governments can do to help a grassroots uprising in Iran.
• The uprising has one more effect on U.S. policy: It has made it politically impossible, at least for the moment, for the administration to relax nuclear sanctions.
• If the Tehran regime suddenly agreed to sign the stalled nuclear deal, the U.S. would be required to lift many of its economic sanctions against Iran.
• Meanwhile, Iran announced last month that it had increased uranium enrichment at its underground Fordo plant to 60% purity — a short step from the 90% required for a nuclear bomb.

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