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When the Iranian nuclear deal was signed two years ago in the summer of 2015, President Obama hailed the deal as preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, as a victory for multilateral diplomacy.

The deal is technically still in effect, but it’s under siege by President Trump, who’s eager to find evidence of Iranian non-compliance.

Will the Iran deal survive President Trump? What happens to the U.S., to Iran if the deal implodes?

To help us answer those questions are:

• Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council and author of “Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy.”

• Suzanne Maloney, deputy director of the foreign policy program at the Brookings Institution.

• Kelsey Davenport, director of nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association

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Recorded August 4, 2017. 

Hosted by Luke Vargas.