Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: Iran Nuclear Deal – The Aftermath Of Withdrawing

Abbas Milani explains how the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal affects both the politics of Iran and the Middle East region.

Matters of Policy & PoliticsMay 10, 2018
Area 45: Iran Nuclear Deal – The Aftermath Of Withdrawing

Now that President Trump has made good on a major campaign promise – pulling the U.S. out of the JCPOA Iran nuclear deal – the debate has begun whether it was the right move. Abbas Milani, a Hoover research fellow and the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University, offers his opinion and explains how the change affects both the politics of Iran and the Middle East region.  

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