We enter these negotiations with the support of the international community, and with the desire that Iran’s leaders come to the table with the seriousness and resolve the world expects of them. The international community is unified in its belief that a nuclear-armed Iran would have grave implications for the stability of the Gulf region, the broader Middle East, and the global economy. These concerns are only underscored by the destabilizing character of Iran’s longstanding financial and operational support to terrorist organizations such as Hizballah, Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad; its cultivation of militancy, instability and violence in Iraq and Afghanistan; its hateful, anti-Semitic rhetoric; and its brutal repression of its own citizens.