It was because the 2015 nuclear deal was Barack Obama’s proudest foreign policy achievement that Donald Trump was so determined to destroy it. I first got drawn into the endlessly complicated world of the Iranian nuclear programme through a stroke of luck. He said a rare opportunity had opened up – would I like to be part of a small group of European and American journalists on a comprehensive tour of Iranian nuclear facilities? The great unanswered question at the time was whether Iran had a weapons programme and how advanced it was. Tehran’s nuclear programme is expanding again, and the US and Iraq are back on the brink of conflict.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2020 09:56 UTC