Under Unites States law, the president must certify two things with respect to the Iran nuclear deal every 90 days: (1) that Iran is in compliance with the deal, and (2) that the deal remains vital to US security interests.
When President Donald Trump failed to certify the Iran deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA) last week, he didn’t specify which of the two certification aspects he was acting on. But since the US military and intelligence communities are unanimous in their opinion that Iran is in compliance, it is reasonable to conclude that the second certification was on the president’s mind, according to experts who spoke yesterday at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
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