President Donald Trump’s refusal to certify that the 2015 nuclear accord is in the US interest sets the stage for a high-stakes game of chicken with Iran.
Rather than outright leaving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the president and his team are working with Congress to automatically reimpose nuclear sanctions if Iran comes within one year of being able to produce nuclear weapons. Critics of the deal say that will fix flaws with the deal’s so-called sunset provisions.