After nearly a year of negotiations and despite major disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, American diplomats say they are on the cusp of an agreement to revive the Iran nuclear deal.⁠

The Iran deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA, was one of the signature foreign policy achievements for the Obama administration. As part of the agreement, which was finalized in 2015, Iran pledged to severely cut back its nuclear program in exchange for relief from severe economic sanctions that had been imposed by the U.S. and other world powers. Three years later, then-President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal, despite assurances from the United Nations and his own State Department that Iran had lived up to its side of the pact.⁠

Iran has made substantial progress toward a nuclear weapon over the past few years, according to the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog. When the JCPOA was intact, the U.S. estimated that Iran would need a year or longer to amass enough nuclear material for a bomb if it decided to pursue one. Last month, officials reportedly told Congress it could now only take a few weeks.⁠

The fate of a potential deal was thrown into uncertainty in recent weeks. Russia provided Iran with key practical support under the JCPOA, but reportedly threatened to drop out of the new agreement unless all of its business dealings with Iran were exempt from strict sanctions that have been imposed in response to the Ukraine invasion. Moscow have since softened its stance and is now willing to sign on as long as sanctions don’t interrupt its nuclear business with Iran.⁠

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✍️ : Yahoo News⁠
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16 COMMENTS

  1. Yes. The JCPOA was unilaterally abrogated by Trump because it was negotiated and signed by Obama and for no other reason.

  2. Now that we know the laptop is real Biden’s terrible decisions look more like calculated moves. He is being controlled!!!!!

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  4. Are they serious?🙄You want to give Iran nukes so they can hold us all hostage and threaten us and our kids with nuclear power ?This is suicidal

  5. That deal was blown to bits the moment trump blew up their terrorist military commander to bits via drone strike.

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