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Iran\u2019s nuclear program is a big one.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A nuclear deal is the major sticking point to end the fighting in Iran and return energy prices to normal. (Bonnie Cash\/For The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

The United States and Israel attacked Iran in February, and the U.S. and Iran have been in a shaky ceasefire<\/a> since April.<\/p>

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Now President Donald Trump says the parties are close to a peace deal. But any deal will require Iran to give up some of its nuclear ambitions. \u201cThey will never have a nuclear weapon,\u201d Trump said Monday. He recently said he isn\u2019t concerned about rising costs in the U.S. either: \u201cThe only thing that matters when I\u2019m talking about Iran \u2014 they can\u2019t have a nuclear weapon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

That opens up Trump to a whole new series of issues that could call into question how effective he is as a negotiator: how long it will take to end the war, what he gives to Iran in exchange and whether Iran can be trusted to follow through.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what to know about the sticking points to a peace deal with Iran.<\/p>\n

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Iran has been controlling one of the world\u2019s biggest shipping routes for oil since the war\u2019s start. It\u2019s an effective leverage point against the U.S., and Iran\u2019s leaders are unlikely to fully reopen it without getting something in exchange, said Suzanne Maloney, the director of foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, who has advised Republican and Democratic administrations on Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iranians have never fully closed the strait, but now that they have, they don\u2019t want to go back to a place where they can\u2019t monetize it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Any deal to open the strait that gives Iran control over it could lead to more trouble down the road, warned Mark Cancian, a military expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Iran walks away from a deal saying, \u2018We have now established sovereignty over the strait,\u2019 it\u2019s bad news across the world, because there are lots of straits that countries would like to have sovereignty over. So as a precedent it would be really disastrous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump gave many reasons for starting the war, but this was a big one. It\u2019s also what party leaders have been messaging to Republican voters contending with higher gas prices from the war.<\/p>\n

A decade ago, under President Barack Obama\u2019s administration, Iran committed to a comprehensive deal with the U.S. and other countries to not seek a nuclear weapon. Trump pulled the U.S. out of that deal in his first term, arguing<\/a> (at times with false or misleading information) that the deal was too weak and that the U.S. gave Iran billions of dollars.<\/p>\n

Over the ensuing years, Iran has been steadily getting closer<\/a> to being able to have a nuclear weapon, saying its purposes are peaceful. Last summer, the U.S. dropped a heavy bomb on the mountains in Iran that targeted some of its nuclear facilities.<\/p>

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Now the negotiations seem to center<\/a> on whether Iran will give up its highly enriched uranium, which is dangerously close to nuclear grade, and promise not to build more.<\/p>\n

This will all take time. \u201cYou can\u2019t do a nuclear thing in 72 hours on the back of a napkin,\u201d Secretary of State Marco Rubio told<\/a> the New York Times this weekend.<\/p>\n

Probably money. Obama \u201cgave Iran massive amounts of CASH, and a clear and open path to a Nuclear Weapon,\u201d Trump wrote Sunday on social media. \u201cOur deal is the exact opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the Trump administration is floating the possibility<\/a> of giving Iran more than the nation ever got under its nuclear deal with Obama; as much as $20 billion in unfrozen assets, compared to less than $2 billion under Obama.<\/p>\n

Top Republicans are not happy about that prospect. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) posted on social media what he sees as a worst-case scenario: \u201cIran is now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz. … That outcome would be a disastrous mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rubio defended Trump<\/a> this weekend: \u201cThe idea that somehow this president \u2026 is going to somehow agree to a deal that ultimately winds up putting Iran in a stronger position when it comes to nuclear ambitions is absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if Iran agrees to a strict deal curbing its nuclear program, the U.S. will either have to take Iran\u2019s word that it won\u2019t pursue a nuclear bomb or get Iran to allow third-party observers into the country, said Maloney.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s possible for the president to come out of this war with the clear assertion that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon in the near future or anytime soon,\u201d she said, \u201cbut whether the Iranians seek to do so nonetheless is probably beyond his control.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the war has knocked out much of Iran\u2019s top leadership and capabilities to make a bomb, the remaining leadership appears even more defiant and hard-line<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have demonstrated that they can take a punch and that they can respond accordingly,\u201d Richard Nephew, a former State Department official under the Obama administration, told The Washington Post\u2019s Michael Birnbaum recently.<\/p>

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