Trump Takes Aim At The IRGC 10/20/2017 7:08:33 PM   facebook Google+ ► Print Trump Takes Aim at Irans Clandestine Nuclear Weapons Program by Ilan Berman Al-Hurra Digital , October 18, 2017  - You wouldn't know it from the media coverage surrounding President Trump's October 13th  speech   on Iran, but the most notable element of the Administration's new, 'comprehensive' strategy toward the Islamic Republic isn't its plan to revisit the 2015 nuclear deal formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Of course, President Trump's decision to formally 'decertify' that agreement should have come as a surprise to no one. During last year's presidential election, candidate Trump campaigned heavily on his opposition to the Obama administration's signature foreign policy achievement. And, since taking office in January, Mr. Trump has consistently maintained that the deal concluded two years ...

Trump Takes Aim At The IRGC 10/20/2017 7:08:33 PM Trump Takes Aim at Irans Clandestine Nuclear Weapons Program by Ilan Berman Al-Hurra Digital , October 18, 2017  - You wouldn't know it from the media coverage surrounding President Trump's October 13th  speech   on Iran, but the most notable element of the Administration's new, 'comprehensive' strategy toward the Islamic Republic isn't its plan to revisit the 2015 nuclear deal formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Of course, President Trump's decision to formally 'decertify' that agreement should have come as a surprise to no one. During last year's presidential election, candidate Trump campaigned heavily on his opposition to the Obama administration's signature foreign policy achievement. And, since taking office in January, Mr. Trump has consistently maintained that the deal concluded two years ago between Iran and the P5+1 power...

Trump Takes Aim At The IRGC You wouldn't know it from the media coverage surrounding President Trump's  October 13th speech  on Iran, but the most notable element of the Administration's new, "comprehensive" strategy toward the Islamic Republic isn't its plan to revisit the 2015 nuclear deal formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Of course, President Trump's decision to formally "decertify" that agreement should have come as a surprise to no one. During last year's presidential election, candidate Trump campaigned heavily on his opposition to the Obama administration's signature foreign policy achievement. And, since taking office in January, Mr. Trump has consistently maintained that the deal concluded two years ago between Iran and the P5+1 powers—the U.S., UK, Russia, China, France and Germany—is deeply damaging to American national security interests. That his White House would begin to rethink it,...

by Ilan Berman Al-Hurra Digital October 18, 2017 Trump Takes Aim At The IRGC You wouldn't know it from the media coverage surrounding President Trump's  October 13th speech  on Iran, but the most notable element of the Administration's new, "comprehensive" strategy toward the Islamic Republic isn't its plan to revisit the 2015 nuclear deal formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Of course, President Trump's decision to formally "decertify" that agreement should have come as a surprise to no one. During last year's presidential election, candidate Trump campaigned heavily on his opposition to the Obama administration's signature foreign policy achievement. And, since taking office in January, Mr. Trump has consistently maintained that the deal concluded two years ago between Iran and the P5+1 powers—the U.S., UK, Russia, China, France and Germany—is deeply damaging to American national security interests...

Ending America's   President Donald Trump is taking considerable heat for his expected announcement this week that he will “decertify” the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Critics say he is heedlessly discarding a deal that has been working, and needlessly putting America on a collision course with Iran. As it turns out, Trump is actually not poised to “rip up the deal.” By decertifying it, the president and his advisors are, in fact, signaling their intent to strengthen it, with the help of Congress, so that the deal advances U.S. national security interests. Those interests are key criteria for the certification process, which takes place every 90 days, as  laid out  in the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (INARA) of 2015. Right now, with the Iranians  hindering  inspection of military sites, working feverishly on their ballistic missile program, and  banking  on the nuclear deal’s sunset clauses, which all but guarantee Tehran an advanced nuclear pro...