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May 6, 2026

No, America Would Not Be Safer If It Hadn’t Revoked the Nuclear Deal with Iran

Under the deal, the Islamic Republic would now be enriching uranium and building ballistic missiles freely.

Opponents of the Trump administration’s Iran policies claim that the current crisis concerning the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program is the result of the president’s decision in 2018—eight years ago this Friday—to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). In their view, the exit from the deal encouraged Tehran to pursue nuclear weapons and freed it to enrich uranium. As a result, America has had to go to war to stop Iran from building atomic bombs.

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