Three years ago, Iranians celebrated in the streets of Tehran after a deal was struck between their government and the P5+1 countries to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

Three years later, there were once again celebrations in Iran after US President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the nuclear deal—formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This time hardliners in parliament set fire to a photo of an American flag and chanted, “We burned America! We burned the JCPOA!”

Read the entire piece over at the New Atlanticist.

Image: After US President Donald J. Trump announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in televised remarks on May 8 that Iran would remain in the nuclear deal. (IRINN/Reuters TV via Reuters)