Observers might get the impression that the memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran in June was actually closer to a memorandum of misunderstanding. The US wanted more from the war than what the memorandum provides, while Iran wanted something completely different. Donald Trump stresses that the war prevented Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, though he certainly knows that the nuclear issue is not the entire problem. While the war did halt Iran’s nuclear project — at least for
