04-19-2024, 03:19 PM
(04-17-2024, 07:03 PM)Dill Wrote: The rest of the world tried to keep the deal in place.
They didn't try - the deal remained in place.
Iran did, and continues to do, what they always have - which is use the threat of nuclear development to extract concessions. That Iran would one day have nuclear capability has long been recognized - the deal Trump pulled out of was designed only to delay that beyond 2025.
Biden had an opportunity to re-enter the deal, but decided the concessions Iran was demanding were too high.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2019/5/8/understanding-the-iran-deal-what-why-and-the-next-steps
"Rouhani said the remaining signatories – the United Kingdom, France, Germany, China and Russia – had 60 days to implement their promises to protect Iran’s oil and banking sectors from US sanctions."
"Prior to the agreement, Iran was believed to be only two or three months away from being capable of making a nuclear bomb. But after the accord, it would have taken a year to make the weapon."
So the US pulled out of the deal, Iran violated its deal with the other signatories, and they are basically the same place they were in 2015 before the deal was signed. Big nothingburger.
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