Al-Monitor | Laura Rozen: The Donald Trump administration conducted a preliminary internal assessment of its Iran �maximum pressure� policy this month and determined that it is not working, according to a new report. Such an assessment could drive administration efforts to try to provoke Iran to leave the nuclear deal, possibly by urging a potential inspections crisis at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), some experts said.

�So far, there is little evidence that the administration is meeting any of its possible goals,� the International Crisis Group writes in the new report, �On Thin Ice,� on the third anniversary of the Iran nuclear deal.

�A preliminary internal assessment by the administration described to Crisis Group purportedly concludes that the U.S. approach has yet to curb Iran�s behaviour or entice Tehran back to the negotiating table,� the ICG report says, citing in a footnote an interview conducted by the group with a senior US administration official this month.

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