No Script

Please Wait...

Ramadan Kareem...

Trump Refuses to Certify Iran Nuclear Deal

Trump Refuses to Certify Iran Nuclear Deal
folder_openAmericas... access_time6 years ago
starAdd to favorites

Local Editor

US President Donald Trump refused Friday to certify the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, and warned the United States may yet walk away from "one of the worst" agreements in history.


"I am announcing that we cannot and will not make this certification," Trump said in speech on America's strategy for containing Tehran.

Trump further stated: "We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence and "terror" and the very real threat of Iran's nuclear break out."

While Trump did not pull Washington out of the nuclear deal, he gave the US Congress 60 days to decide whether to re-impose economic sanctions against Tehran that were lifted under the pact.

He also announced tough new sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, describing it as a "terrorist" organization.

In his remarks, the US president also accused Iran of supporting the "atrocities" of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and said Tehran "condoned" Assad's use of chemical weapons against his own people.

The response of the international community following the speech was mixed.
"We cannot afford as the international community to dismantle a nuclear agreement that is working," said EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, who chaired the final stages
of the landmark talks.

"This deal is not a bilateral agreement ... The international community, and the European Union with it, has clearly indicated that the deal is, and will, continue to be in place," Mogherini told reporters.

Mogherini said she spoke to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson immediately after Trump's speech Friday.

The leaders of France, Britain and Germany warned the United States against taking decisions that could harm the Iran nuclear deal such as re-imposing sanctions.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

Comments