Dan Joyner is Elton B. Stephens Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law, and the author of International Law and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (2009); Interpreting the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (2011); and Iran’s Nuclear Program and International Law: From Confrontation to Accord (2016).
The United States’ “Withdrawal” from the Iran Nuclear Deal
Referring to Trump’s decision as a “withdrawal” implies a false of sense of justifiability - and is legally inaccurate The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is a diplomatic accord negotiated among seven…