The pressure is on Tehran with President Donald Trump ending waivers on Iran that were lifted by the Obama administration as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal, or JCPOA. The Trump administration’s position is a tough negotiating tactic, one intended to push Iran into supplementing rather than abrogating JCPOA restraints. Iran had rectified all its technical breaches of the nuclear deal. Therefore Iran could enter into those additional agreements without seeming to yield to pressure to amend the JCPOA itself. Only then will the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear ambitions be kept in check and other harmful ambitions be curbed.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 09, 2018 00:33 UTC