What we know about Iran five years after Netanyahu’s speech to Congress

We have five years of experience to compare to the competing assessments of 2015. Now we know that Netanyahu’s gloomy forecast has proven to be the more prescient.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges applause at the end of his speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington on March 3, 2015.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges applause at the end of his speech to a joint session of Congress in Washington on March 3, 2015.

(photo credit: REUTERS/GARY CAMERON)

ByYAAKOV AMIDROR, JACOB NAGEL, JONATHAN SCHACHTER

MARCH 8, 2020 21:48

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