Donald Trump's renewed push to secure a new nuclear agreement with Iran is being viewed by many through the lens of the deal negotiated by former US President Barack Obama. Trump has repeatedly criticised the 2015 pact, calling it the "worst deal ever".

Since he spent years slamming Obama's nuclear agreement and withdrew from it in 2018, Trump does not want to sign a new deal that looks too similar.

Trump is focused on making a new Iran deal that he can present as better than the 2015 agreement. Though it seems that the draft memorandum of understanding (MoU), which is being discussed with Iran, is, in some ways, similar to the deal he had strongly opposed.

"Trump will be very worried about his deal being compared to Obama's because ripping up the JCPOA was a centrepiece of the early days of his first administration," said Andrew Moran, a professor at the London Metropolitan University, according to the iPaper.

The Obama deal placed limits on Iran's nuclear activities for 15 years until 2030. In 2015, Tehran even gave almost 97 percent of its uranium to Russia. 

Source:Ndtv