Economics

Iran Avoids Taking Trump Bait to Collapse Nuclear Deal

  • The 2015 deal has been a boon to Iranian economy, oil output
  • Tehran’s hardliners don’t appear to be pressing to scrap deal

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Since the U.S. imposed new sanctions on Tehran over a ballistic missile test Friday, Iran’s conservative media has railed against the government for being too soft, the military has tested another projectile, and officials have generally thumbed their noses at a White House warning that they were now “on notice.”

What hasn’t happened, however, is as important: no official has threatened to abandon the nuclear deal signed in 2015 under the previous U.S. administration of President Barack Obama.