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US in tough spot as it tries to avoid deal that highlights its failures in Iran

comparisons to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an Obama-era deal signed in 2015 that limited but did not eliminate Iran’s right to enrich uranium. Trump

Bowen: Trump needs this war to end but Iran is not backing down

comparison between any deal he makes with Iran, even an arrangement to extend the ceasefire for more talks, and the nuclear deal made under Barack Obama in 2015. Trump

The nuclear challenge at the heart of Trump's Iran negotiations

Obama signed that stupid deal where he paid them billions, and billions of dollars. He thought he could bribe them](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/read-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-nbc-news-meet-press-rcna348508)," he told NBC on 7 June. Under the JCPOA, Iran gained access

Trump needs a better Iran deal than Obama’s – but faces major hurdles

Trump will have two major political hurdles to overcome – first showing that any deal he secures is better than the one signed by [Barack Obama](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/barack-obama) in 2015 and from which he withdraw