Donald Trump pulls US out of Iran nuclear deal

US president vows the ‘highest level of economic sanctions’ against Tehran

Donald Trump displays an executive order imposing economic sanctions on Iran
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Donald Trump has withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal, pitting him against the United States’ closest allies, leaving the future of Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in question and stirring uncertainty in the Gulf.

“It is clear to me that we cannot prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement,” Trump said in a statement at the White House yesterday. “The Iran deal is defective at its core. If we do nothing we know exactly what will happen.”

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