Trump sets new conditions for U.S. to stay in Iran nuclear deal, tossing issue to Congress

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Source: Washington Post

President Trump on Friday officially disavowed the international nuclear deal with Iran, but did not terminate an agreement he called weak and poorly constructed.

Instead, the president asked Congress to attach new caveats that could either alter the pact or lead to its rupture.

“We will not continue down the path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror and the very real threat of Iran’s nuclear breakout,” Trump said in remarks delivered at the White House.

His decision to withdraw “certification” of the deal throws its future into doubt but does not break it outright. It is now up to Congress to draft new requirements that address Trump’s concerns. If that fails, Trump threatened to unilaterally withdraw.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-set-new-conditions-for-us-to-stay-in-iran-nuclear-deal-tossing-issue-to-congress/2017/10/13/39ac3894-af82-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html

[brooklynite]

1. Response by the Governments of UK/France/Germany

[riversedge]

2. The USA Today headline makes it seem like it is a done deal, but

clarifies in in the story. stupid and dangerous. Just my opine, but it is confusing.


Trump de-certifies Iran nuclear deal, announces more sanctions against Iran

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/10/13/trump-de-certify-iran-nuclear-deal/760329001/


David Jackson, USA TODAY Published 5:00 a.m. ET Oct. 13, 2017 | Updated 1:41 p.m. ET Oct. 13, 2017


WASHINGTON — President Trump unveiled a sweeping and aggressive new policy toward Iran on Friday, saying he will not re-certify the nuclear deal signed in 2015 and calling for a variety of new sanctions against the government in Tehran.

"The Iran deal is one of the worst and one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into," Trump said during a speech at the White House.

Saying the Islamic government in Tehran is dedicated to "death, destruction, and chaos all around the globe," Trump announced that the United States is starting sanctions against Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which he called a supporter of international terror. The president also said he has started an investigation into whether Iran is cooperating with North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

But while Trump formally announced his decision to begin backing out of the multinational agreement, he also did not ask Congress to re-impose economic sanctions right away; instead, he called for new requirements on Iran in an effort to "strengthen enforcement" of the agreement he has long criticized.

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He also accused them of seeking to evade the requirements of the nuclear deal, even though officials in the Trump administration and other countries say Iran has been in at least technical compliance.

Trump faced a Sunday deadline to certify the agreement. Every 90 days, the president must certify that Iran is in compliance of the deal.