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What are the prospects for change in Iran?
While the final weeks of Trump’s hold on the White House are fraught with danger, the prospect of a new administration in the United States holds the possibility of drawing back from the brink in the face-off with Iran, writes JANE GREEN
SHUTDOWN: People walk in front of shuttered shops at Tehran’s Grand Bazaar as businesses are closed due to coronavirus

THE Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — widely known as the Iran nuclear deal — agreed between the Western powers, including the United States, and the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2015 was one of the first foreign policy casualties of the Trump presidency.  

Since the United States’ withdrawal from the JCPOA in May 2018, a period of exacerbated uncertainty has existed in relations between the two countries and across the Middle East.    

The foreign policy legacy of the Trump administration with regard to Iran will be one of intransigence, tighter economic sanctions and the further impoverishment of the Iranian people.  

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