Former U.S. President Barack Obama said in an NBC interview that the current U.S.-Iran deal closely resembles the 2015 JCPOA, which he negotiated and which Israel's intelligence community once assessed as effective. Obama argued that the U.S. withdrawal from that deal spurred Iran to develop greater nuclear capability, and that after a costly war, the situation is 'maybe just a little worse' than before, with no clear plan for the remaining 60 days.
In an NBC interview Tuesday, former U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a sharp critique of the current U.S.-Iran agreement, arguing it mirrors the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — a deal he said was verified as effective by both Israeli and American intelligence agencies before the U.S. withdrawal.
Obama noted that the U.S. exit from the JCPOA prompted Tehran to accelerate its nuclear program, and that after a costly and deadly war, 'it feels like we've returned to where we were before the war started — maybe just a little worse.' He questioned the 60-day window in the current ceasefire agreement for developing a plan to address the nuclear issue, stating 'we still don't know what that plan is.'
As The Zioneer previously reported, Obama made similar remarks on June 14, arguing an agreement that 'worked for years' had been abandoned. The interview expands on that critique, directly linking the post-withdrawal nuclear escalation to the current situation. The assessment remains an opinion from a single source.
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