What will happen to the Iran nuclear deal?
The fate of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the major world powers is in the balance.
The deal, which came into effect in October 2015, (known by the cumbersome title of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), imposed constraints on Tehran's nuclear activities, in return for the lifting of some economic sanctions.
It is easy to forget that the deal came about in an atmosphere where there was growing talk about the possibility of a military strike against Iran.
Israel and many of Washington's Gulf allies were alarmed by Iran's growing assertiveness in the region and - despite Tehran's denials - believed that it had an active nuclear weapons research programme. It also had a sophisticated ballistic missile effort that might one day be used to carry such a weapon.
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