article_snippet: Indeed, it may actually be obscuring the fundamental issue of Iran's own foreign policies -- and whether Tehran's destabilizing activities abroad should preclude a deal at all.
article_snippet: There are, of course, certain realities that should not be in dispute:
article_snippet: Yes, Iran is a regional adversary to a number of Iran Gulf neighbors and Israel.
article_snippet: And Iran does aim to provoke Sunni-led Gulf states and generally to sow seeds of sectarian Islam abroad.
article_snippet: Netanyahu grasped the irony, starkly warning "when it comes to Iran and ISIS, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy.
article_snippet: Once Iran begins to navigate Iran relationships as more than the isolated, nuclear-threshold pariah state Iran currently is, there will be less tolerance internationally for destabilizing arms transfers and the training of would-be insurgents.
article_snippet: And there is no need to rely on Iran's word that it will refrain from such activities.
article_snippet: As U.N. Security Council resolutions are rewritten to lift the ban on uranium enrichment in Iran, the ban on Iranian arms transfers can and should remain in place, with U.N. member states required to report to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) any violations of that ban by Iran.