It's not just about Iran: there's climate change, steel and aluminum tariffs and the sheer unpredictability of US policy. Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Khamenei has said that "if the United States withdraws from the nuclear deal, then we will not stay in it." Some Iranian officials have even suggested that Iran could withdraw altogether from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, ending inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Further afield, what of the prospects for a deal between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un? Or will the Iranian example deter him from negotiating a nuclear deal -- because an unreliable America would exploit his lack of a "nuclear shield"?

Source: CNN May 08, 2018 21:29 UTC