In May 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), leaving the multilateral and congressionally reviewed agreement in a zombie-like state. However, the JCPOA could potentially be revived. Should the United States and the other parties (China, France, Germany, Iran, Russia and the United […]
Factsheets on Iran Diplomacy
Diplomatic standoff between Tehran and Washington: What has happened?
By Genevieve Hackman In the past month, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) came to two agreements with Iran that create space for diplomatic engagement with the United States. While both Washington and Tehran are in difficult domestic positions, playing to domestic audiences that disapprove of “weak” policy on the other, the determined work of […]
Why the United States Should Reenter the JCPOA
The growth of Iran’s nuclear program remains one of the most pressing national security concerns of the United States and its allies. President Joe Biden has indicated his support for reentering the Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), if Tehran returns to compliance with the agreement. While not accounting for the diplomatic […]
Fact Sheet: Rejoining the JCPOA
Updated July 2021 Despite the Trump Administration’s best efforts to degrade the Iran nuclear deal by withdrawing, claiming to snapback a global sanctions regime and attempting to build a sanctions wall for the next administration, the United States could still rejoin the agreement. The text of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) included no […]
Is the United States trying to get back into the Iran Nuclear Deal?
By Samuel M. Hickey On May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum titled: “Ceasing U.S. Participation in the JCPOA and Taking Additional Action to Counter Iran’s Malign Influence and Deny Iran All Paths to a Nuclear Weapon.” This Memorandum marked the United States’ official withdrawal from the nuclear deal and initiated the re-imposition […]
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