After the speech that President Donald Trump delivered before the United Nations, calling the Iran nuclear deal “an embarrassment to the United States”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Javad Zarif said he would not be renegotiating the deal with the United States. He suggested the speech was offensive, and that no American president has made such an insulting statement against Iran since the Iranian Revolution, adding that “[It’s] certainly one of the worst and most negative statements ever made against Iran in the General Assembly by anybody”.
President Trump also called the deal “the most one-sided transaction” in which the US has ever taken part and called for the world to confront Iran, a regime as he claims which supports terrorists, promotes murders and violence and works against its own people.
The nuclear deal was brokered in 2015 with the administration of former president Barrack Obama and five world powers, and Trump’s refusal to negotiate it may very well cause permanent damage to the U.S. by limiting its ability to work out deals in the future with a number of global actors. It also widened the gap between America and its European allies.
This is a decisive moment for both Trump and his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson regarding the Iran deal, especially as the two hold opposing views as to whether to “decertify” the deal. President Trump recently humiliated his Secretary of State for trying to open communication with North Korea, claiming it was a “waste of time” and this time as well Trump is likely to overrule Tillerson who lacks support in the White House on this matter.
The prevalent opinion for now is that the President will not recertify the Iran nuclear deal, though Zarif told Politico he believes Trump might change his mind, as he has many times before.
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