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Iran – nuclear deal in the balance
The first foreign policy test for Biden looks sets to be the nuclear deal with Iran, which the United States reneged on in 2018. JANE GREEN assesses the prospects of an agreement
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THE return to compliance with the deal struck by Western powers with Iran in 2015 was always going to be a key priority for the incoming US administration.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or Iran nuclear deal, was seen as a key achievement of the Obama administration when Joe Biden was vice-president, so was unlikely to be far from the new president’s thinking having secured the top job.
Biden also needs to address the embarrassment of the US having reneged on an international agreement, when Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal in 2018, causing consternation among European allies and in the wider region.
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