Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that the country would do ‘everything we can’ to build a nuclear bomb. Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced…
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said that the country would do ‘everything we can’ to build a nuclear bomb.
Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced the United States would be withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. Trump said the Obama-era deal failed to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions, announcing that the United States will re-impose sanctions on Tehran.
The president was quoted saying the following.
“This was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made. It didn’t bring calm, it didn’t bring peace, and it never will.”
“At the heart of the Iran deal was a giant fiction — that a murderous regime desired only a peaceful nuclear energy program. Last week, Israel published intelligence documents, long concealed by Iran, conclusively showing the Iranian regime and its history of pursuing nuclear weapons,” Donald Trump said in White House remarks on May 8.
According to the same fact-checking website, although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a trove of documents, they did not add any new information – much of what he had offered was not news for the international community.
The renewed sanctions, aimed at the heart of the Iranian economy, will impact the country’s energy, financial, and petrochemical sector.
Former President Barrack Obama defended the agreement, writing the following in a statement published on his official Facebook page.
“The reality is clear. The JCPOA is working – that is a view shared by our European allies, independent experts, and the current U. S. Secretary of Defense. The JCPOA is in America’s interest – it has significantly rolled back Iran’s nuclear program. “
Some, however, support Trump’s withdrawal from the deal. Most notably, Iran’s known adversaries: Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suggested Iran could ramp up its nuclear program in response to Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 deal.
Chanting “death to America,” most members of the Iranian parliament echoed Ayatollah’s sentiment.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Theresa May, and French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Donald Trump’s decision.
