Iran's Nuclear Program Marches Forward, 5 Years After The U.S. Abandoned The Deal
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🗓️ 30 May 2023
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So how close is Iran to a bomb? What can the U.S. do to stop Iran, if it chooses to pursue one? And how are regional and global shifts changing the equation?
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly puts these questions to the U.S. special envoy for Iran, Rob Malley, and to Vali Nasr with the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
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| 0:00.0 | 5 Years That's how long it's been since the US walked away from |
| 0:11.2 | the nuclear deal with Iran. |
| 0:13.5 | As Iran's foreign minister about the prospects for a new deal with the US, and here's what |
| 0:17.9 | you'll hear. |
| 0:20.3 | This window will not be open forever. |
| 0:23.7 | That is what Hussein Amir Abdul-Ajian told me, threw an interpreter in Tehran earlier this |
| 0:29.1 | year. |
| 0:29.9 | It's a month later on CNN. |
| 0:31.4 | The window for an accord is still open, but this window will not remain open forever. |
| 0:36.0 | You'll hear near identical language in speeches and interviews going back to 2021. |
| 0:41.7 | Funny thing is, you will hear the same sense of urgency when you question American diplomats. |
| 0:47.3 | Here's Anthony Blinken, US Secretary of State, talking to me last year. |
| 0:51.3 | Right, Louise, we're very, very short on time. |
| 0:53.8 | The runway is very short. |
| 0:55.2 | So both sides say they want to reach an agreement that they don't have much time to do so, and |
| 1:00.9 | yet month after month, the stalemate persists. |
| 1:06.5 | It was then President Trump, who five years ago this month, yanked the US out of the nuclear |
| 1:12.6 | deal, known as the JCPOA, joint comprehensive plan of action. |
| 1:17.3 | What followed is the US reimposed crushing sanctions. |
| 1:21.5 | For a time, Iran stopped adhering to the limits the deal had imposed, and day by day |
| 1:27.0 | its nuclear program crept forward. |
| 1:30.2 | One thing is true. |
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