In response, Ayatollah Khamenei said recently that if Mr Trump tore it up, "we will set fire to it". But Mr Trump also presents new opportunities for Iran, many analysts say. Last week, 76 national security experts signed a report urging Mr Trump to keep the deal. "Mr Kerry and Mr Zarif knew each other for years," said Nader Karimi Joni, an analyst close to the reformist movement of Mr Rouhani. Mr Zarif has hosted Mr Kerry in his home in New York when he was an ambassador to the United Nations.

Source: Bangkok Post November 21, 2016 21:48 UTC