Iran's historic and unique display of power against the two nuclear powers in the world with military expenditures of trillions of dollars! Mohsen Milani, Director of the Center for Strategic Studies at the University of Florida: What happened in this one year is unique in the history of Iran and the Middle East. Two nuclear powers confronted the Islamic Republic with trillions of dollars in military spending; The country that spends the least on the military, but this system still exists. The big downside of the JCPOA, which many of us supported and didn't see very well, was that the Americans criticized and gave credit.