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2022 in review: Iran's protests threw another wrench into JCPOA revival

US President Joe Biden ended 2022 without a restored Iranian nuclear agreement, and experts say the chances of a revived pact look even dimmer in the coming year.
A protester holds a banner with the image of Mahsa Amini as demonstrators gather in front of the Brandenburg Gate to march in solidarity with protesters in Iran on October 15, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Omer Messinger/Getty Images)

At the start of 2022, US officials said negotiations with Iran were in their “final stretch," optimistic that a restored nuclear deal was within reach. One year on, that same deal looks doomed

President Joe Biden said as much in a newly surfaced video from early November, telling a member of the public that the nuclear accord he campaigned on restoring was “dead.” And although the administration quickly walked back his comment, Biden acknowledged what some experts have been saying about the deal for months. 

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