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How US can save Iran deal: Forget it, strike a missile deal, say experts

Iran would need to agree not to flight test missiles with ranges exceeding 2,000 kms

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US President Donald Trump approaches the lectern to take part in the National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House in Washington, US | Photo: Reuters

Jaganath Sankaran and Steve Fetter | The Conversation

“America will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail,” President Donald Trump declared in his speech, justifying the withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal earlier this month. Trump emphasized that the deal “fails to address the regime’s development of ballistic missiles that could deliver nuclear warheads.”

We are scholars who have studied Iran’s missile capabilities. Although we acknowledge that important players have said that revising the deal is impossible, we contend that Trump’s concern about ballistic missiles doesn’t have to be the