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What Trump would have to achieve to better Obama's Iran nuclear deal
Key takeaways
- Donald Trump has been saying any Iran deal he reaches will improve on the terms achieved by Barack Obama's team.
- That deal has set the bar, and for Mr Trump to clear it, he would need to secure compromises Iran has not made before and has said it would not make in the future.
- Negotiations got underway in Switzerland this week, with both sides sending high-level representatives to a luxury resort on Lake Lucerne to talk about how to end the war permanently and who gets what if they do.
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Donald Trump has been saying any Iran deal he reaches will improve on the terms achieved by Barack Obama's team. (Reuters: Jonathan Ernst/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Link copied Share Share article The Trump administration has been very vocal about how much it believes its peace agreement with Iran will achieve over the course of negotiations, including claims it will be better than the deal former president Barack Obama's team struck more than 10 years ago.
That deal has set the bar, and for Mr Trump to clear it, he would need to secure compromises Iran has not made before and has said it would not make in the future.
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