Good morning, it’s Thursday, July 15, 2021. Six years ago today, President Obama held an afternoon press conference to defend the deal his administration had negotiated with Iran.
In its broadest outlines, the agreement — formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — required Iran to dismantle much of its nuclear program and open its facilities to international inspections in exchange for sanctions relief. Notably, this included lifting barriers to Iran’s oil exports and the United States agreeing to return Iranian assets seized after the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in…
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