How the 2015 JCPOA emboldened the regime and changed U.S.-Iranian relations for the worse.

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History is nothing if not ironic. Donald Trump left the Obama-negotiated Iran nuclear deal eight years ago, vowing a far better replacement. Today, even as the two nations have resumed hostilities after the collapse of the ceasefire, he remains open to negotiations that, if fulfilled, threaten to duplicate the 2015 accord.