In other words, why try to curtain Iran's nuke development at all. Ah-huh. You have another solution perhaps to trying to develop some sort of relationship since screwing them during the Eisenhower administration, a transgression that Iran never forgot that Fat Donnie reinforced by ripping up the JCPOA.
Republicans never understood the JCPOA because they don't want to acknowledge that one of their few actual heroes of the modern era, Eisenhower screwed the hooch in the 1950's and Iran never forgot it. In fact, part of the reason the Iranians hate the Saudi's so much is because of the well trodden path to a Saudi with his robes hiked up, bent over a desk inviting rear entry. In the view of Iranians, the Saudi's ruined any chance that either the Brits, wildly abusive in it's ME oil business dealings, or the US would ever deal with Arab oil states fairly because both the Brits and the US would always be expecting to find an Arab with his robes hiked up, bent over a desk and happily anticipating rear entry....just like a SAUDI. The JCPOA could have been the start of a road back to some sort of reasonable relationship beyond Dick Cheney and Bombs Away Bolton's view of the world. But oh no....lets just keep proving we can't be trusted. Who does it suit when the United States continues to prove that it can't be trusted? Vladimir Putin, that is who. We are screwed now with Iran probably FOREVER which was what Trump wanted to accomplish and that Putin wanted Trump to accomplish.
For anybody who cares, the geopolitical relationship of importance in the ME is the very contentious Saudi/Iran relationship. Its not Israel anybody. Its not the US and anybody. Its not Russia and anybody. Its Saudi and Iran. The rest of us are bit players to the real geopolitical driving influences in the ME, Iran and Saudi. At present the US does not have a reliable friend in either country. Iran hates us and the Saudis fart in our faces daily, all of which makes Putin so happy he likely orders up a new batch of prostitutes every time he thinks about it.
There has been recent efforts to consider Turkey a ME country. Frankly I don't see why. Its institutions are European and its language is from Central Asia. You can find as many references for Turkey being part of as not being part of the ME. Funny that nobody tries to shoehorn Afghanistan into the ME but Turkey......Middle East!!! Laughable. Yup.... no doubt about it.....Turkey....Middle East. Line that one up with "Trumphumpers are Conservatives.