Trump withdraws US from “one-sided” Iran nuclear deal

Updated:7 years, 6 months ago

New Delhi, May 09 (ANI): The White House on Tuesday announced withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or Iran nuclear deal. "President Trump is terminating the United States' participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran and re-imposing sanctions lifted under the deal," the White House tweeted. During a meeting in the Diplomatic Room at the White House, President Trump said that he will sign a presidential memorandum to begin reinstating U.S. nuclear sanctions on Iran. "We will be instituting the highest level of economic sanction. Any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States. America will not be held hostage to nuclear blackmail," the White House stated. President Trump further called the Iran nuclear deal as "defective" adding that Washington would reinstate sanctions against the Islamic republic. “This was a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made,” Trump said.