Thomas Friedman on the Clash at the Core of the Iran Deal

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  I'm Dan Waken, an international editor for New York Times Opinion.

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  When President Trump signed an initial peace agreement with Iran last week,

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  in some ways it didn't seem like much of a deal at all.

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  The biggest problem remained unresolved, what to do about Iran's nuclear program.

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  Vice President JD Vance was just in Switzerland to meet with the Iranians, trying to come to a lasting agreement.

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  They've given themselves 60 days to get it done.

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  It's worth noting that the Obama nuclear deal took over a year and a half to negotiate.

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  To discuss the latest, I'm here with my colleague opinion columnist Tom Friedman.

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  Hello, Tom.

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  Thanks for joining me.

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  Before we get into this week's news,

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  I want to go back to something you wrote in a column soon after the war started.

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  You wrote, quote, the timing of the end of this war will be determined as much by the oil markets

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  and the financial markets as by the military state of play in Iran, unquote.

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