
US does not (yet) withdraw from Iran nuclear deal
President Trump comments on the nuclear deal and calls on US allies to take stronger steps against Iran – after adding further 19 entities to the sanctions list in January 2018.
President Trump comments on the nuclear deal and calls on US allies to take stronger steps against Iran – after adding further 19 entities to the sanctions list in January 2018.
In October 2017, US President Trump refused to certify Iran’s compliance with the “nuclear deal” – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that entered into force in 2015 between Iran and China, France, Russia, the UK, the US – plus Germany and the EU. The JCPOA provides Iran with relief from US, EU, and UN nuclear-related sanctions in return for the reduction of Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium, and limits its uranium-enrichment capacity.
On January 12, 2018, President Trump released a presidential statement on the deal, adding a further 14 entities to the sanctions list, following five additions by OFAC on January 4. The presidential announcement also states that the US will not (yet) withdraw from the deal but that it will do so unless the its “disastrous flaws” are fixed.
>> View the original OFAC update of January 4, 2018
The new statement also says that Trump is open to working with the US Congress on bipartisan legislation regarding Iran – provided that any bill include four critical components:
In his statement, President Trump also calls on US allies to take stronger steps together with the US to confront Iran’s other malign activities. Among other actions, US allies should cut off funding to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its militant proxies, and anyone else who contributes to Iran’s support for terrorism. They should also:
With this statement, the US also confirms it will waive application of certain nuclear sanctions, but only in order to secure its European allies’ agreement to fix the “terrible flaws of the Iran nuclear deal.” In the absence of such an agreement, the statement makes it very clear that the United States will not again waive sanctions in order to stay in the Iran nuclear deal.
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