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President Trump Announces Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal

U.S. President Donald Trump announces his decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in the Diplomatic Room at the White House May 8, 2018 in Washington, DC. After two and a half years of negotiations, Iran agreed in 2015 to end its nuclear program in exchange for Western countries, including the United States, lifting decades of economic sanctions. Since then international inspectors have not found any violations of the terms by Iran.
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Posted: May 8th, 2018

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday afternoon that the United States would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, or JCPOA, and re-impose harsh sanctions on Iran—including both JCPOA-related sanctions as well as additional economic sanctions. 

In response, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced his country would abide by the tenants of the deal—for now. Foreign minister Javad Zarif tweeted he will begin negotiating with the remaining JCPOA participants—to include France, Germany, the UK, Russia and China—seeking an outcome that will “ensure [the deal’s] full benefits for Iran…Outcome will determine our response.”

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