President Donald Trump has been advised by his national security team to decertify the “worst deal ever” as he previously called the Iran nuclear deal. He has also been advised not to kill the deal all together by allowing Congress to impose sanctions on Iran.
The national security team’s initial plan is to collaborate with Congress and U.S. European allies to put further pressure on the regime in Iran, but still retain the deal intact for the time being.
The deal was the central part of the foreign policy agenda of former President Barrack Obama, and the final deadline for certifying that Iran complies with it is October 15. For now Trump’s administration plans to show strictness towards the Iranian regime and allow the president to openly exhibit his disdain for the “catastrophic” deal without completely withdrawing from the nuclear deal which in turn would cause international chaos, reports Politico.
The strategy is not final and there is still a possibility that it might change before Trump delivers his official statement, even though his Secretary of Defense indicated that it is in their interest to stay in the deal.
The nuke deal prevents Iran from developing nuclear capability, though they informed the U.S. that if Congress decides to reimpose sanctions on Tehran, their nuclear program may soon be restarted. Experts warn that this could possibly initiate a military conflict.
For now, Iran is complying with its obligations as part of the deal, but it is yet to be confirmed by President Trump that the deal is still “vital to the national security interests of the United States”, which for not is not a strong possibility. If this remains the case, Congress will be forced to reimpose those sanctions which were removed with the deal.
The president’s official announcement is to be made next week, after which officials from Trump’s administration would likely plead with Republican lawmakers to abstain from reimposing sanctions.
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