Its threats regarding nuclear inspections make it clear that Tehran is trying to force the West into concessions while maintaining the ability to obstruct verification. Iran's Supreme National Security Council has made it clear that if biting UN sanctions are reinstated by the West, there will be no nuclear inspections. In Iran, cooperation is not born out of strength — it is born out of desperation and coercion. Its threats regarding nuclear inspections make it clear that Tehran is trying to force the West into concessions while maintaining the ability to obstruct verification. The snapback sanctions must proceed, military pressure must remain, and the West must deny the regime the "oxygen" it seeks.