"We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more chaos, the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakout," President Trump said during his much-anticipated Friday speech, in which he made good on his promise to decertify the nuclear pact forged between Iran and world powers in 2015. While this does not mean the end of U.S. commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA as the accord is formally known, it will entrust Congress with the responsibility to decide the next step.
Proponents of the JCPOA, architects of the deal, members of the former U.S. administration, and states engaged in business contracts with the regime criticized Trump's decision. They accused him of being swayed by political and personal impulses and endangering a deal solely aimed at blocking Iran's path to a nuclear bomb.
However, even without considering the host of other threats that Iran poses to regional and global security, there are clear signs the JCPOA isn't working.
Case in point is a newly published investigative report by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, which unveils the locations of several military sites that are suspected to be used for bomb-building purposes.
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