Phares Book Exposes Deal Behind Iran Nuclear Deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, awards Iran's defense minister, Hossein Dehghan, with the Medal of Honor for his role in the implementation of a nuclear deal with world powers, in Tehran on Feb. 8, 2016. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images

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Middle East strategist, expert, and author Walid Phares explains why the United States went from slamming Iran as part of the “Axis of Evil” in former President George W. Bush’s 2002 State of the Union Address to making a nuclear deal that Iran had no intention of honoring in 2015 with the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).