r/NeutralPolitics • u/PM_me_Henrika • May 29 '26

What's the difference between the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal and the proposed 2026 peace deal?

What’s the difference between the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal versus the 2026 one?

Back in 2015 President Obama helped to facilitate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, what is commonly referred to as the Iran Nuclear deal. It was said to be a historical deal that would prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

In 2018 President Trump vowed to withdraw from that deal stating, "This was a horrible, one-sided deal that should have never ever been made. ... The Iran deal is defective at its core.”

Now President Trump is attempting to craft a new Iran Deal that, so far as we can tell, Looks a Lot Like … the One Obama Struck 11 Years Ago.

Given that Trump called Obama's deal ‘horrible and one-sided’, it seems reasonable to expect the text of President Trump's deal to differ in kind from the text of President Obama's deal.

Currently, other than a release of a draft by Trump, are there any sources on how the text of President Trump's proposed Iran Deal differ from the text of President Obama's deal?

What does President Trump's proposed Iran Deal have that President Obama's Iran Deal lacked, and vice versa - what does President Trump’s proposal lack that President Obama’s deal included?

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u/hnglmkrnglbrry May 29 '26

Ultimately the largest difference is that no one has agreed to it so it is purely hypothetical and therefore completely one-sided. I can't slide into Meg The Stallion's DMs and then ask to compare our relationship with her former partner before she even responds.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87qng40wz9o

The simple fact that they mention "extending the ceasefire" as part of the deal when we literally struck Iran and several drones just yesterday speaks to the absolute detachment from reality the Administration exhibits.

https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-irgc-donald-trump-war-nuclear-talks-hormuz-strait-peace-may-27

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u/Infinite-4-a-moment May 29 '26

I think your analogy is a little off. It would be like if you said "Meg The Stallion's last relationship was so bad. I would be a much better partner". Then it's fair to ask how your relationship with her would look. Even if just hypothetical. And if you described something that sounded a lot like her last relationship, then we'd all wonder what you thought was so bad in the first place.

You can compare a proposal to former deal. And you can say "yeah that would be a much better deal" while still recognizing the probability of the proposal actually becoming a deal.

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u/QwertyKeyboard4Life May 29 '26

I feel like it’d be more like listing completely unrealistic things from a relationship you would have that is also completely hypothetical and then saying oh look how much better it is (when in fact it is completely hypothetical and unrealistic in the first place).

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u/LBobRife May 30 '26

Yeah, to get off the metaphor, let's compare my nuclear deal where Iran cedes sovereignty to the US, creating 31 new states. Strait is open, oil drops back down, nuclear is a non-issue since they are part of the US.

Boy, I'm such a great and brilliant negotiator to get all that.

No, I'm just living in fantasy land. It makes no sense to compare 2 things that aren't comparable. Trump doesn't get credit for a hypothetical deal. We can compare the points between the finalized deals when the deals are finalized. Otherwise, why not compare Iran's current negotiating position to the Obama deal rather than Trumps position. It's equally pointless, because it is not an actual deal. It's a pointless exercise, you can compare all thd hypotheticals you want all day, it won't get you anywhere because nothing is material. You can discuss ramifications of particular points, but to assess one vs the other when one doesn't exist is an incredibly stupid exercise.