World Watches as U.S. and Iran Spar Over Nuclear Deal at U.N.

Posted: September 18th, 2017

By Michael Rubin

Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington. Rubin is a former Pentagon official whose major research areas are the Middle East, Turkey, Iran, and diplomacy. Rubin instructs senior military officers deploying to the Middle East and Afghanistan on regional politics and teaches classes regarding Iran, terrorism, and Arab politics on board deploying U.S. aircraft carriers. Rubin has lived in post-revolutionary Iran, Yemen, both pre- and post-war Iraq; he spent time with the Taliban before 9/11. His newest book, "Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes," examines a half-century of U.S. diplomacy with rogue regimes and terrorist groups.

The future of the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is likely to take center stage at this week’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) gathering in New York – and to feature prominently in U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech before the UN on Tuesday.

Trump, during a photo opportunity with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, said “you’ll be seeing very soon” what the U.S. plans to do about the deal.

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