but, you won't get the story from the msm, either.
the sanctions were designed to put the iranians in a vice and force them into compliance. as such, they required international adherence - not just from europe, but from russia and from india and from china. this was working the way it was supposed to.
...but, then, what happened was that the united states put sanctions on the russians. that was the error that obama made: sanctions on russia.
in response, the russians dropped their sanctions on iran. this led the chinese and indians to drop the sanctions as well, as they were now at a competitive disadvantage to russian influence. the deal came out of this collapse, as a face-saving mechanism - otherwise, we wouldn't have received anything at all.
trump doesn't seem to understand that the sanctions require international co-operation to be anything less than sanctions on american businesses. so, what we are going to see is a russian takeover of the iranian oil industry, which will find sufficient markets and trading partners in asia.
is this largely for his base? sure. but, the one thing he had to do here to maintain american influence over this geopolitical space was avoid unilateral sanctions, and he has failed to do this.
somebody give maddow the scoop. i'm sure she can find anonymous sources.
jagmeet singh must cut his beard.