Trump’s treaty blunder to blame as Iran bolsters nuclear program

Under the old nuclear deal, Iran put its nuclear program on hold in return for all the major powers easing sanctions on the country. But America withdrew from that pact in 2018.

The Iranians claim that they are only enriching uranium for nuclear fuel and other peaceful uses, but nobody believes them. U.S. President Donald Trump should have left the nuclear deal alone, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

March 27, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—Maybe it was the fact that we were coming up on the 10th anniversary of the treaty Donald Trump destroyed that prompted the American president to start re-issuing threats to Iran.

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