U.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was “decertifying” the Iran nuclear deal and said if Congress can't come up with new legislation, he will terminate the Obama-era pact.
ANother point was sanctioning of Iran’s elite military unit, the Revolutionary Guard, which is already heavily sanctioned.
Trump announced he would not continue to certify the agreement to Congress and said his administration was ready to negotiate with Congress and US allies on ways to toughen the obligations on Iran and making them permanent. But he made clear that if those negotiations failed to reach a solution, he would unilaterally pull the US out of the international agreement signed in Vienna two years ago.
The President reiterated the same concerns which was raised by him after meeting Saudi Arabian King and with Israel of destablizing middle east after supporting militant groups like Hezbollah, testing of ballistic missiles, and mistrust of theocratic leadership.
First, we will work with allies to counter the regimes destabilizing activities and support terror proxies in the region
Second, to impose additional sanctions on the regime to block their financing of terror
Third , we will address the regimes proliferation of missiles and weapons that threaten its neighbours global trade and freedom of navigation.
Fourth, we will deny the regime or paths to a nuclear weapon, we will not make this certification.
Trump has been accusing Iran of committing "multiple violations of the agreement," despite the fact that the International Atomic Energy Agency, America's European allies and even his own government say that Tehran is complying with the 2015 deal agreed by former President Barack Obama and major world powers.
"In the event we are not able to reach a solution working with Congress and our allies, then the agreement will be terminated. It is under continuous review and our participation can be canceled by me as President at any time,"Trump said.
The other signatories to the deal, including three European allies, Russia, China and Iran, have said the deal is working but with Trump's announcement the negotiations are impossible.
The EU foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini was the first to criticise Trump’s threat, pointing out that the nuclear deal had been enshrined in a UN security council resolution in 2015, that could not terminated by one country.
Leaders of Britain, France and Germany said they "stand committed" to the Iran nuclear deal and are"concerned by the possible implications" of Trump's decision to re-certify the deal to Congress.
British Prime Minister Theresa May, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron issued a joint statement Friday night calling the deal "the culmination of 13 years of diplomacy" and "a major step towards ensuring that Iran's nuclear program is not diverted for military purposes.
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