US President Donald Trump walked away from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018. He said the deal, reached by the Obama administration, was weak and that he could come up with a better, stronger deal for the US. As 2019 draws to an end, The World’s Shirin Jaafari looks at where the deal stands and whether the US is any closer to securing a stronger deal.
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