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The Iran deal was a crowning moment of international diplomacy,
allowing the world to step away from the edge of a self-created
abyss. Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from this agreement
threatens to return the world to that precipice. Dealbreaker
recounts how this deal was made, why it was broken, and what the
consequences of that action could be. When the United States made
the decision in the 1980s to deny Iran access to nuclear
technology, Iran was forced to turn to the black market to get the
material, technology and know-how required to meet its needs for
nuclear power generation, inclusive of the ability to indigenously
produce nuclear fuel. The revelation of Iran's secret nuclear
program in 2002 set in motion a battle of wills between the
Iranians, who viewed nuclear power as their inherent right, and the
international community as defined by the United States, Israel and
Europe, who feared the proliferation implications of allowing Iran
access to technology that could be used to make a nuclear weapon.
The United States and Israel pulled no punches, using diplomatic
pressure to impose crippling economic sanctions, and cover
activities to sow disinformation, sabotage equipment and murder
Iranian nuclear scientists in an effort to stop the Iranian nuclear
program from going forward. Iran prevailed, confronting the United
States with the choice of either going to war, or accepting the
reality of an Iranian nuclear program. The Iranian nuclear deal was
the result. But the deal had an Achilles heel--the disinformation
campaign waged by the United States and Israel to paint the Iranian
program as military in nature left a residue of uncertainty and
fear that detractors of the deal used to attack it as little more
than a sham. Donald Trump decried the Iranian nuclear deal as a
failed agreement and promised to tear it up if elected. Proving
true to his word, Trump pulled America out of the Iranian nuclear
deal on May 12, 2018. Dealabreaker explores the nuances of the
Iranian nuclear program, exposing the duplicity and hypocrisy of
American diplomacy, supported by Israel and abetted by Europe, that
led to the need for the Iranian nuclear deal, and eventually caused
the demise of an agreement that was simultaneously the deal of the
century and fatally flawed.
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