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The Vital but Delicate Task of Reviving the JCPOA
President-elect Joe Biden says the U.S. will rejoin the Iran nuclear deal if Tehran resumes full compliance.
Iran says it will do so if Washington relaxes sanctions.
- ICG
Each side should use the framework that already exists rather than try to squeeze the other for concessions.
Bruised and battered, the Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), appears to be on its last legs.
Since 2018, it has been under relentless assault: the U.S. withdrawal from the agreement, the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign against…