Its nuclear programme is a rare area where Iran might claim to retain the initiative. Late last year Iran was producing around 7kg of uranium enriched to 60%—a stone’s throw from weapon’s grade—each month,

President Donald Trump said the United States would have to “verify times 10” that Iran wouldn’t harbor a nuclear weapon if they made a deal with the country to denuclearize. Trump said in a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity that Iran “can’t have a nuclear weapon” and that the U.

If President Donald Trump’s personnel moves are any tell, he may come out of the gate toward Iran with a tone that is more diplomatic than combative.