The Trump administration has reverted to harsh rhetoric against the Islamic Republic while maintaining tepid support for the 2015 nuclear agreement. The U.S.-Iran relationship in a way that disappoints advocates of engagement but may be more digestible for Iran’s political system, which is facing a major transition, and for U.S. politics.

Guest speaker: Barbara Slavin, acting director, Future of Iran Initiative, the Atlantic Council,Washington, D.C. and Washington, correspondent for Al-Monitor.com, a website devoted to news from and about the Middle East. She is a regular commentator on U.S. foreign policy and Iran on NPR, PBS, and C-SPAN.