Shining a Light on the Iran Deal’s Sunset Problem If the new administration is serious about reinvigorated diplomacy, it must resist Iran’s nuclear extortion and forgo the temptation of rejoining the JCPOA. Breathing life into an expiring accord will not help dampen the Islamic Republic’s nuclear, missile, and military threats. Believe it or not, Tehran and Washington are already negotiating. Not in the shadows of a stuffy European hotel, but via a rhetorical exchange happening in plain sight. Despite President Joe Biden’s condemnation of his predecessor’s Iran policy and the president’s stated desire to return to the 2015 nuclear accord that Donald Trump left, his cabinet appointees say that America is in no rush. Iranian officials have responded with great variety. On the one hand, they claim that Tehran no longer needs the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear agreement’s official moniker. On the other, they call on Washington to rejoin the deal immediately because the “window of opportunity will not be open forever.” They are also adamant that the accord’s parameters cannot change and that America must take the first step through the lifting of sanctions.