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  The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), destroyed by President Trump, would have prevented the current  attacks between Israel and Iran

Sir Simon Gass, Former British ambassador to Iran and former head of the UK
team negotiating the JCPoA; It is worth remembering that in 2015 a group of
six countries, including the UK, negotiated with Iran the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA) — an agreement that, if it were in
force today, would restrict Iran to a mere 300kg of uranium enriched to no
more than 3.67 per cent, far from the quantity or purity needed for a
nuclear weapon. The agreement included an inspection regime of
unprecedented intrusiveness to ensure Iran was not cheating. In return,
Iran was promised relief from international economic sanctions. Israel
lobbied ferociously against this deal: Netanyahu described it as
“capitulation”. That lobbying helped to persuade Republican legislators
to oppose the deal and contributed to President Trump’s decision to
collapse it in 2017. The US never met the obligations that I heard being
solemnly given to Iranian negotiators. Iran has plenty to answer for. But
Israel would not be in its present position if the JCPoA was still in
force.

Times 16th June 2025, https://www.thetimes.com/comment/letters-to-editor/article/times-letters-israels-strikes-against-iranian-nuclear-sites-kvtkkqtst

June 16, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, USA