Did the US tattle on itself in violating the Iranian nuclear deal? Let’s not forget about how bad this deal is but that POTUS Donnie renewed just a few days ago – PB/TK
Iran says the US is violating the nuclear deal. It has a point. – By
Iran is accusing the US of violating the landmark nuclear deal between the two countries. Surprisingly, Tehran may be right — and it could have serious consequences for the future of the accord.
The dispute dates back to May’s NATO summit in Brussels, when President Donald Trump asked some of Washington’s closest European allies to hold off from signing new business deals with Iran.
That’s a problem, because the nuclear deal itself bars the US and the European Union from implementing “any policy specifically intended to directly and adversely affect the normalization of trade and economic relations with Iran” so long as Tehran sticks to the deal. Earlier this week, the administration reluctantly certified that Iran was doing so.
Still, Trump’s push to halt Iran’s burgeoning business relationships with Europe sparked fury in Tehran, where senior Iranian officials bluntly accused the US of breaking the pact.
Continue to vox.com article: https://www.vox.com/2017/7/21/16003746/trump-iran-deal-zarif
