What Actually Happens Now That Trump Decertified the Iran Nuclear Deal
Trump, who has called the Iran agreement 'a very very bad deal,' is facing a near-consensus among his diplomatic and military advisers against killing it. What will decertification do for the agreement and the region?
On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he is “decertifying” the nuclear deal with Iran. In what is already a diplomatic process overloaded with obscure jargon – the agreement's full title is the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which can mean anything – decertification is a relatively obscure feature. It was a requirement originally imposed by the Republican Congress that every 90 days, the administration certify that the JCPOA is in the United States' national interest and it is therefore still committed to it.