Trump Anunciata que se sale del tratado con Irán.
Trump to announce he will withdraw US from Iran nuclear deal
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President Donald Trump is widely expected to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal during a speech scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
Trump faces a deadline on Saturday to either restore or continue suspending sanctions on Iran.
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President Donald Trump intends to announced he will withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal in a speech scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday.
Congressional leaders were being informed of Trump's decision on Tuesday, NBC News reported. Several other news agencies also reported that Trump will exit the deal.
The landmark agreement lifted sanctions on Iran that crippled its economy and cut its oil exports roughly in half. In exchange for sanctions relief, Iran accepted limits on its nuclear program and allowed international inspectors into its facilities.
Exiting the deal fulfills one of Trump's campaign promises, but threatens to strain U.S. relations with some of its closest allies and disrupt a significant source of the world's oil. It also gives Iran the option of expelling inspectors and resuming nuclear activity it has agreed to suspend.
Trump has long threatened to scrap the accord, the signature foreign policy achievement of the Obama administration. However, he certified that Iran was complying with the agreement throughout his first year in the Oval Office, reportedly under pressure from the moderate wing of his administration.
Still, the president began the process of unraveling the deal in October, when he told Congress the agreement was no longer in the country's national security interest. At that point his administration began to push Congress and European allies to reopen negotiations and revise the accord.
The last time Trump certified Iran's compliance in January, he warned that it would be the last time unless Washington reached a deal with Europe to toughen the terms of the nuclear agreement. That deal has not materialized ahead of the next deadline on May 12.
Trump is now expected to restore sanctions on Iran's oil exports without offering evidence that Iran has violated the nuclear deal. That effectively withdraws the United States from the agreement.