I think that's exactly right. I think the Obama administration's conception of these negotiations is these are arms-control negotiations. They're not even arms control; they're nuclear negotiations, because ballistic missiles seem to be increasingly taken off the table.
In light of that, the administration has been very reluctant to hold the regime to account on human rights issues. The most classic example of that was the democratic counter-revolution in 2009, where millions of Iranians were on the street yelling, “Death to the dictator. President Obama, are you with us or are you with the dictator?” The Obama administration made the decision that instead of standing with the Iranian people, it would stand with the interlocutors back in Tehran, who it believed were sincere about reaching some kind of nuclear compromise, or at least testing their sincerity.
I think it was a big mistake. I think the administration has acknowledged that it was a mistake. I think Canada can really play a fundamental role in ensuring, like in our arms control negotiations during the Cold War, that human rights and arms control are inextricably linked.