If the Trump Administration decided to terminate U.S. acceptance and implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement, how might it do that?
The Congressional Research Service considered the question, without advocating such a move, in a new report.
“There are several mechanisms or methods the Administration might use to cease implementing the JCPOA [Iran nuclear agreement] or to alter its implementation, if there is a decision to do so,” CRS found. These include provisions in the agreement itself or in the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act that was passed in 2015.
See Options to Cease Implementing the Iran Nuclear Agreement, September 7, 2017.
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