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Pence: Trump Will Withdraw From Iran Deal If Flaws Aren’t Fixed

Soheil-Arabi

NCRI Staff

NCRI – Vice President of the United States Mike Pence promised that Donald Trump would withdraw the US from the 2015 nuclear deal between six world powers and Iranian regime in May, unless lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic could agree to fix the agreement’s major flaws.

Speaking to AIPAC, in Washington, DC, Pence said: “Make no mistake about it, this is their last chance. Unless the Iran nuclear deal is fixed in the coming months, the United States of America will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal immediately.”

He continued: “The United States of America will never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon.”

Sanctions Relief

Back in January, Trump extended nuclear sanctions relief on Iran as a whole, while also issuing target sanctions against individuals linked to the suppression of protesters in Iran during the widespread and still ongoing anti-regime protests.

Trump gave a deadline of May 12 for the flaws in the nuclear deal to be fixed otherwise he would pull the US out of the agreement, which Trump has previously called “dictators” and “the worst deal ever”.

Pence promised that Trump would not make such a concession again if these flaws were not fixed.

These fixes that Trump wants include:

• removing the expiration of certain nuclear restrictions, known as sunset clauses, which merely delay Iran from having a nuclear weapon

• imposing automatic sanctions if Iran violates the deal, without having to go through Congress

• allowing independent nuclear inspectors to inspect all nuclear (and possible) sites in Iran with and without notice

The nuclear deal, which was agreed by Iran, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (the US, UK, France, Russia, China), and Germany, was supposed to roll back Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief.

Iran’s malign military adventures

Pence also told that Iran had spent $4 billion to fund terrorist groups in 2017 alone, including placing Hezbollah on Israel’s borders and sending an Iranian drone into Israeli airspace.

He said: “Dangerous provocations will not go unchecked by, America, or our allies.”

Also speaking at AIPAC was US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who has recently lobbied for a UN resolution condemning Iran for supplying the Yemeni Houthis with the ballistic missiles that they fired on Saudi Arabia, as proven by UN experts.

The resolution was vetoed by Iran’s ally Russia.