{"id":2520,"date":"2026-06-20T18:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2520"},"modified":"2026-06-20T18:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:08:39","slug":"how-trumps-deal-with-iran-compares-to-obamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2520","title":{"rendered":"How Trump’s deal with Iran compares to Obama’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON, June 18 – President Donald Trump has insisted that the deal he has reached with Iran is superior to the one that President Barack Obama sealed in 2015, while Trump’s critics say at this point he has gotten much less and given up much more to Tehran.<\/div>
Here is how the two \u200bagreements compare:<\/div>

WHAT EACH DEAL IS \u2013 AND ISN\u2019T<\/h2>
They are very different. The \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d that Trump signed with Iran is not a final agreement but \u200ca one-and-a-half-page, 14-point framework negotiated on and off over a period of weeks.<\/div>
It has launched a 60-day negotiation period to seek a full settlement of the nearly four-month war, with many hurdles yet to overcome on issues that include Iran\u2019s nuclear program, sanctions relief and the future of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/div>
Obama\u2019s pact was a finished, detailed document titled the Joint Comprehensive Plan \u200bof Action (JCPOA) that extended to more than 160 pages. It was narrowly focused on restricting Iran\u2019s nuclear activities, with strict benchmarks. Trump, who condemned \u200bthe Obama-era deal as \u201chorrible\u201d, scrapped it in 2018.<\/div>
Trump\u2019s approach has been bilateral, between the U.S. and Iran. Obama brought China, France, \u2060Germany, Russia, Britain and the European Union into negotiations that lasted about two years.<\/div>

NUCLEAR PROGRAM<\/h2>
Both deals involve a written commitment by Iran never to seek a nuclear \u200bweapon. Trump \u2013 who declared the nuclear threat his main reason for going to war – has insisted, incorrectly, that Tehran had never done so before.<\/div>
Obama’s deal placed tight \u200blimits on Iran’s efforts to produce weapons-grade uranium, aimed at extending the “breakout” time it would need to produce a bomb. The U.S. government said Tehran had complied until Trump withdrew from the JCPOA.<\/div>
Trump\u2019s interim deal outlines only a general path toward curbing Iran\u2019s nuclear activities, with no specific commitments from Tehran other than to discuss nuclear issues in the 60-day window.<\/div>
It suggests Iran\u2019s \u200bwillingness to resolve a dispute over its near-bomb-grade uranium stockpile, including the possibility of \u201cdown blending\u201d onsite under supervision by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear \u200bwatchdog, but leaves that decision for a final deal.<\/div>
The JCPOA involved extensive international inspection, but the MOU does not call for any future reinstatement of that process.<\/div>

SANCTIONS AND FROZEN ASSETS<\/h2>
Both \u200cdeals involve sanctions \u2060relief and unfreezing of assets \u2013 which Iran is now even more anxious to receive to boost its crippled economy — but in very different ways.<\/div>
Obama eased some sanctions early on, but only after a comprehensive settlement was signed, and then phased in further relief based on verified steps by Iran.<\/div>
Trump\u2019s memorandum front-loads initial relief, including immediate U.S. waivers for Iran to export oil, while leaving a final package to be negotiated later.<\/div>
It also opens the door to releasing billions of dollars in frozen funds and \u200bis unclear about when that might happen.<\/div>
Another \u200bprovision calls for the U.S. and \u2060Middle East allies to set up a $300 billion fund for Iran for economic development, but is vague about the conditions and timetable.<\/div>
This has drawn criticism from Iran hawks within Trump\u2019s own Republican Party that he is making too many concessions.<\/div>
Trump has \u200bberated Obama for years over the Democratic president\u2019s return to Tehran of $1.7 billion in proceeds from arms sales frozen since \u200b1981.<\/div>
But Trump, who has \u2060made clear his disdain for any comparison between his deal and Obama’s, now stands to provide Iran with many times more funds.<\/div>

STRAIT OF HORMUZ<\/h2>
The JCPOA dealt only with nuclear issues, a deliberate choice by the Obama administration, which calculated that bundling in other regional concerns would make a final deal impossible.<\/div>
The MOU, however, is the diplomatic starting point \u2060for permanently \u200bending a war that Trump launched with Israel on February 28 and which has sent shockwaves \u200bacross the world economy.<\/div>
As a result, one of its main thrusts is an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil-shipping channel which Iran effectively closed. Iran has insisted it retain a \u200bmanagement role over the strait that it lacked pre-war, and that could be a sticking point in negotiations.<\/div>