By: Shahriar Kia (Political analyst)
Appeasing Iran failed.. How to move on?
The Iran nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was eventually signed in 2015 after a series of initially covert, and thus overt talks amongst various parties.
While the deal was boasted of enjoying a long slate of strengths, its imperfections were cloaked by JCPOA advocates – led by senior Obama administration officials – and allowed the broader challenges posed by Iran to go unanswered.

Iran's New Missiles Looks an Awful Lot Like North Korea'sNuclear 25 September 2017

Iran Focus
London, 25 Sep - Over the weekend, the Iranian Regime revealed a never before seen video showing a successful test of their new Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile.
The missile, revealed during a military parade on September 22, bears remarkable similarities to the North Korean BM-25 Musudan / Hwasong-10 missile, sparking fresh rumours that the two countries are collaborating.
Though Iran claims that this missile is a domestic effort, it has made the same claims about many other weapon systems that appear derived from foreign designs like its Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missiles (based on North Korea’s Hwasong-7).
It is worth noting that this footage does not have a time and date attributed to it and it could be a secondary video from their January launch.
While it is impossible to be certain that the two rogue regimes are working together, their timelines have been linked for a while now.
Joseph Trevithick wrote on The Drive: “It seems very possible that we could see a flurry of ballistic missile developments in Iran and among its allies in the near future. It also will be interesting to see if new Iran announcements continue to come soon after similar displays in North Korea.”