Europeans say Trump has no power to cancel Iran nuclear accord
Source: The Washington Post
By Michael Birnbaum and Griff Witte October 13 at 2:00 PM
[BREAKING: Europe’s foreign policy chief: Iran deal is working, and Trump has no power to cancel it]
BRUSSELS — European leaders said Friday that President Trump’s plan to strip White House backing from the Iran nuclear deal would weaken Washington’s ability to address dangers from both Tehran and North Korea.
The agreement — a milestone achievement of coordination among the Obama administration and European capitals — is the latest target for Trump’s ire that strikes at U.S.-European cooperation and common policies.
Trump on Friday did not ask Congress to reimpose sanctions on Iran, leaving existing frameworks largely in place. That brought some relief to Europeans who view a full U.S. reversal on the accord as a nightmare scenario that could push the Islamic Republic toward nuclear weapons and disrupt attempts to bring North Korea to the negotiating table. But Trump did ask lawmakers to impose a range of conditions that would add new pressure on Iran to retreat on its ballistic missile program and curb its widening role across the Middle East that Washington views as destabilizing to the region and its allies.
Even as he stopped short of jettisoning the deal, Trump’s demands still damaged American power by weakening Europe’s trust in its most important ally, policymakers said.
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Wonder who is writing trumps speeches?? Probably Stephen Miller!!
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-41618165
Iran nuclear deal: Global powers stand by pact despite Trump threat
Global powers, including key US allies, have said they will stand by the Iran nuclear deal which US President Donald Trump has threatened to tear apart.
Mr Trump said on Friday that he would stop signing off on the agreement.
The UK, France and Germany responded that the pact was "in our shared national security interest". The EU said it was "not up to any single country to terminate" a "working" deal.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said the US was "more isolated than ever".
"Can a president annul a multilateral international treaty on his own?" he asked.
"Apparently he doesn't know that this agreement is not a bilateral agreement solely between Iran and the United States."
Trump's Iran deal speech: Full text
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In a combative speech on Friday, Mr Trump called Iran a "fanatical regime" and said it had violated the terms of the deal. He accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism, and proposed new sanctions.
"We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence, more terror, and the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakout," he said.
Media caption Trump: 'I can terminate US involvement in deal any time' 
International observers say Iran has been in full compliance with the agreement.
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