United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday withdrew the United States of America from the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA deal with Iran, a move which could allow the middle-east country to resume enrichment of uranium. Trump, , a long-time critic of the 2015 landmark US-Iran nuclear deal, said, \u201cIt is clear to me that we cannot prevent Iran nuclear bomb. The Iran deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing, we know what will happen. In just a short time, the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world\u2019s most dangerous weapons. Therefore, I am announcing today that the United States would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asserting that the \u201cdisastrous\u201d deal gave Iran millions in cash and did not prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons, Trump signed a fresh set of sanctions against the country and warned countries against any cooperation with Tehran on its controversial nuclear weapons programme. \u201cThe fact is, this was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made. It didn\u2019t bring calm, it didn\u2019t bring peace, and it never will,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Describing the agreement, which was negotiated by then US secretary of state John Kerry, as a bad deal, Trump alleged that Iran\u2019s promise of abandoning its ambition to develop nuclear weapons was a lie. \u201cAllowing the deal to stay would result in an arms race in the region and the deal does nothing to constrain Iran\u2019s \u201cdestabilising behaviour,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Before Trump\u2019s announcement in this regard, which was televised live, top administration officials including Vice President Mike Pence informed Congress about his decision. Referring to his consultation with key American allies, Trump said it is that they cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the \u201cdecaying and rotten\u201d structure of the current agreement. \u201cIf we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. In just a short period of time, the world\u2019s leading state sponsor of terror will be on the cusp of acquiring the world\u2019s most dangerous weapons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The US president further said, \u201cWe will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. Any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States. America will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail. We will not allow American cities to be threatened with destruction, and we will not allow a regime that chants \u2018Death to America\u2019 to gain access to the most deadly weapons on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump went on to say, \u201cIn theory, the so-called Iran deal was supposed to protect the United States and our allies from the lunacy of an Iranian nuclear bomb, a weapon that will only endanger the survival of the Iranian regime.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reacting to Trump\u2019s announcement, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday said he would send his foreign minister to negotiate with countries remaining in the nuclear deal after Donald Trump\u2019s decision to pull America from the deal. He, however, warned that Iran would restart enriching uranium \u201cin the next weeks\u201d if the deal doesn\u2019t survive.
\nDonald trump, Iran, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,Nuclear program of Iran, Iran nuclear deal, Iran-US, US-Iran nuclear deal, barack Obama, Iran President Hassan Rouhani said that the deal could survive without the US.<\/p>\n
Stressing that the deal could survive without the US, Rouhani said, \u201cIf at the end of this short period, we\u2019ve conclude that we are able to achieve our demands in the deal, the deal will survive.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former US president Barack Obama called Trump\u2019s announcement a \u2018serious mistake\u2019 and said that the deal negotiated by his administration had worked in rolling back Iran\u2019s nuclear programme. \u201cI believe that the decision to put the JCPOA at risk without any Iranian violation of the deal is a serious mistake,\u201d Obama said.<\/p>\n
Obama said the Iranian nuclear deal was a signature foreign policy accomplishment of his administration. \u201cWithout the JCPOA, the United States could eventually be left with a losing choice between a nuclear-armed Iran or another war in the Middle East,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The former president said, \u201cIf the constraints on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme under the JCPOA are lost, we could be hastening the day when we are faced with the choice between living with that threat, or going to war to prevent it.\u201d In a dangerous world, Obama said, America must be able to rely in part on strong, principled diplomacy to secure its country. \u201cWe have been safer in the years since we achieved the JCPOA, thanks in part to the work of our diplomats, many members of Congress, and our allies. Going forward, I hope that Americans continue to speak out in support of the kind of strong, principled, fact-based and unifying leadership that can best secure our country and uphold our responsibilities around the globe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Soon after Trump pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear deal, top American allies, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Canada expressed concerns over his decision and emphasised their continued commitment to the JPCOA. \u201cIt is with regret and concern that we, the leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom take note of President Trump\u2019s decision to withdraw the United States of America from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,\u201d British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, in a joint statement.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Russia and Syria strongly condemned Trump\u2019s decision. However, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his support for it saying, \u201cIsrael fully supports President Trump\u2019s bold decision today to reject the disastrous nuclear deal with the terrorist regime in Tehran.\u201d<\/p>\n
Obama said there were few issues more important to the security of the United States than the potential spread of nuclear weapons or the potential for an even more destructive war in the Middle East. That\u2019s why the United States negotiated the JCPOA in the first place, he said, in probably his first statement on foreign policy after he left the White House in January 2017. \u201cThe reality is clear. The JCPOA is working \u2013 that is a view shared by our European allies, independent experts, and the current US secretary of defence,\u201d he said, adding that the JCPOA is in America\u2019s interest \u2013 it has significantly rolled back Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd the JCPOA is a model for what diplomacy can accomplish \u2013 its inspections and verification regime is precisely what the United States should be working to put in place with North Korea. Indeed, at a time when we are all rooting for diplomacy with North Korea to succeed, walking away from the JCPOA risks losing a deal that accomplishes \u2013 with Iran \u2013 the very outcome that we are pursuing with the North Koreans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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