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Malley links ‘tenuous’ US Iran nuclear deal to Abraham Accords
Today’s column admittedly has a been-here-before feel.
US Iran Envoy Robert Malley told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, Wednesday, May 25, that "as I speak to you today, we do not have a deal with Iran and prospects for reaching one are, at best, tenuous." Elizabeth Hagedorn has the report on the hearing here.
And nonetheless, the slight hedge continues to be that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal, still has a pulse.
Here are four reasons why.
