Iranian president rejects U.S., French calls to modify nuclear deal - UPI.com
UPI reports: "Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday slammed U.S. President
Donald Trump for criticizing the 2015 nuclear deal -- and said the
United States cannot make every key decision pertaining to the Middle
East. [...] The Iranian leader particularly took issue with calls from Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron for major changes to the nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. [...] The agreement -- reached in 2015 by Iran, China, France, Russia, Britain, United States and Germany -- gave sanctions relief for Iran in exchange for Tehran restricting its nuclear program."
Comment: The deal restricted Iran's nuclear program. If there is no deal then there are no restrictions. Iran would immediately begin in earnest to restart their nuclear program. That is something that Israel will not tolerate. So, the bottom line is that junking the deal will ignite a war in the Middle East. I'm not sure that has been made clear to Trump. It will be interesting to see what happens in mid-May.
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