Last Friday, President Trump announced that Iran is not in compliance with a multilateral deal designed to constrain Tehran’s nuclear weapons program negotiated in 2015 by the Obama administration.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed by the U.S., China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK, EU, and Iran. In a nutshell, the JCPOA relaxes sanctions on Iran in exchange for the verified suspension of Tehran’s nuclear weapons development. 

Every three months, the President is required to certify that Iran is in compliance with the JCPOA and that continued suspension of the