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Iran debate: Phillips v Straw

The 2015 Iran nuclear deal lifted economic sanctions on the country in return for curbs to its nuclear energy programme, aiming to stop Iranians using their energy production to create a nuclear weapon.

But President Trump callied it "one of the worst deals" he had ever seen and promising to ditch it.

Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn heard from writer and commentator Melanie Phillips and Jack Straw - who was Foreign Secretary when Iran was branded part of "the axis of evil" by the US.

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