With talks over the Iran nuclear agreement at an impasse, a group of nuclear nonproliferation experts and former government officials warned Thursday that failure to revive the deal would raise the likelihood of Iran becoming a threshold nuclear-weapon state.
The original accord, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), “dramatically reduces the risk posed by Iran’s nuclear program,” read the statement signed by more than 40 experts from organizations including the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Arms Control Association and the Ploughshares Fund.
