▁pleased ▁with ▁the ▁launch ▁of ▁Iran ' s ▁peace ful ▁data - processing ▁national ▁satellite . ▁ ▁In ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Richard ▁N . ▁Ha ass , ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁on ▁Foreign ▁Rel ations , ▁wrote ▁that ▁U . S . ▁policy ▁must ▁be ▁thoroughly ▁mult il ater al ▁and ▁suggested ▁recogn izing ▁Iran ian ▁en rich ment ▁while ▁getting ▁Iran ▁to ▁agree ▁to ▁limits ▁on ▁its ▁en rich ment . ▁" In ▁return , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁current ▁san ctions ▁in ▁place ▁would ▁be ▁susp ended . ▁In ▁addition , ▁Iran ▁should ▁be ▁offered ▁assured ▁access ▁to ▁ade qu ate ▁supplies ▁of ▁nuclear ▁fuel ▁for ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁producing ▁electric ity . ▁ ▁Normal ization ▁of ▁political ▁t ies ▁could ▁be ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁equation ," ▁Ha ass ▁said . ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Pl ough sh ares ▁Fund ▁President ▁Joseph ▁Cir inc ione ▁out lined ▁" five ▁persistent ▁myth s ▁about ▁Iran ' s ▁nuclear ▁program ": ▁that ▁Iran ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁ver ge ▁of ▁developing ▁a ▁nuclear ▁weapon , ▁that ▁a ▁military ▁strike ▁would ▁knock ▁out ▁Iran ' s ▁program , ▁that ▁" we ▁can ▁cri pp le ▁Iran ▁with ▁san ctions ", ▁that ▁a ▁new ▁government ▁in ▁Iran ▁would ▁abandon ▁the ▁nuclear ▁program , ▁and ▁that ▁Iran ▁is ▁the ▁main ▁nuclear ▁threat ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁East . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Independent ▁U . S . ▁Security ▁Cons ult ant ▁L inton ▁F . ▁Bro oks ▁wrote