July 17, 2017legislativeJCPOAcompliancesanctionscertification
Trump reluctantly certifies Iran JCPOA compliance again and escalates non-nuclear sanctions
Trump certified Iran's JCPOA compliance for the second time while imposing new non-nuclear sanctions. Trump was reportedly reluctant. Tillerson, Defense Secretary Mattis, and NSA McMaster persuaded him. Trump later told the Wall Street Journal he expected to find Iran noncompliant.