Iran Nuclear Deal: A no-win for Biden
President-elect Joe Biden has said the US will rejoin the deal if Iran returns to complying with it. But opposition from Middle East allies will make this task very difficult.
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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) aka "Iran Nuclear Deal" on May 8, 2018, was one of the most important moves of his presidency.
Under the nuclear deal initiated by his predecessor Barack Obama and signed between Iran and six world powers in 2015, Iran agreed to set limits on its nuclear programme as well as to allow international inspection of its nuclear sites in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
President Trump - reflecting the views of US allies in the Middle East, Israel and Saudi Arabia - called it "the worst deal ever" and argued that the JCPOA ignored Iran's production of dangerous precision missiles, its role as sponsor of terrorism, and its effort to use regional proxies to destabilise the Middle East.
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