Former President Barack Obama this week expressed skepticism that any deal the U.S. worked out with Iran to end the war would be materially different than his own 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

President Donald Trump withdrew from the JCPOA during his first term. His second term saw the U.S. launch strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in 2025 and later launch a war against the Tehran government in late February with the aim of forcing them to the negotiating table. Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to terms to end the conflict.

“It is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different, or in a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place, and had worked for a long stretch of time before we, the United States, pulled out of it,” Obama told ABC News in an interview to be broadcast later this week.

Vice President JD Vance stated on Monday that the U.S. aimed to publish the text of the deal later this week. As of press time, the terms of the agreement remain unclear and have witnessed considerable speculation.

Trump, for his part, only indicated that the terms included the end of the U.S. Navy's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the resumption of commercial traffic through the critical waterway.

The JCPOA drew scrutiny from Iran hawks over concerns it was too lenient to the Iranian government.

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