ArticlesHow Iran Sees Its Standoff With the United StatesPosted on July 20, 2019 Dr. Mousavian’s Article in Foreign Affairs. And What Trump Should Do to Solve the Problem He Created My old mother is very ill, and so I have spent the last couple of weeks with her in Iran. My stay here has afforded me the opportunity to closely follow both public and official opinion during a time of rising tensions between the United States and Iran. “What will happen to the nuclear agreement?” ordinary people have asked me. “Why did the United States violate the deal, even though Iran remained faithful to it?”