US vice presidential candidates debate Iran policy - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

Oct 8, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - OCTOBER 07: Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence participate in the vice presidential debate moderated by Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today Susan Page (C) at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The vice presidential candidates only meet once to debate before the general election on November 3. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and US Vice President Mike Pence participate in the vice presidential debate moderated by Washington bureau chief for USA Today Susan Page (C) at the University of Utah on Oct. 7, 2020 in Salt Lake City, Utah. — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Republican and Democratic candidates for vice president sparred over US Iran policy during the debate Wednesday night. The two candidates expressed very different views on Iran.

The Democratic nominee for vice president, Senator Kamala Harris of California, said that US President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018 endangered the United States.

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