After an agreement was reached with Iran to halt parts of their nuclear program, right-wing media figures responded by calling the compromise "abject surrender by the United States" and comparing negotiations between the United States and Iran to British appeasement of Nazi aggression in the lead up to the Second World War.Iran Agrees To Limitations On Nuclear Program WaPo: "Iran, World Powers Reach Historic Nuclear Deal." The Washington Post reported that Iran agreed to a deal brokered by the United States and five other world powers "that freezes key parts of Iran's nuclear program in exchange for temporary relief on some economic sanctions": The deal, intended as a first step toward a more comprehensive nuclear pact to be completed in six months, freezes or reverses progress at all of Iran's major nuclear facilities, according to Western officials familiar with the details.