March 9, 2020 | FDD's Foreign Podicy

Sharpening the Iran File

Episode 51
March 9, 2020 | FDD's Foreign Podicy

Sharpening the Iran File

Episode 51

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The deal President Obama cut with Iran’s rulers provided them with billions of dollars and a “patient pathway” to the acquisition of nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to targets anywhere on the planet.

President Trump withdrew from that deal and, in its place, initiated a “maximum pressure” campaign of economic sanctions intended to change the regime’s behavior — if not change the regime itself.

Richard Goldberg, who recently served as a director on the National Security Council (NSC) and is now back at FDD as a senior advisor, joins host Cliff May to discuss what the Trump administration’s policies and strategies on Iran have — and have not — achieved so far.

(L-R) China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, France’s then-Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Germany’s then-Minister for Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Britain’s then-Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, and America’s then-Secretary of State John Kerry pose for a group photo after concluding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — also known as the Iran nuclear deal — on July 14, 2015, in Vienna, Austria. (Getty Images)

Issues:

Iran Iran Missiles Iran Nuclear Iran Politics and Economy Iran Sanctions Sanctions and Illicit Finance