Iran warns of retaliation if Trump breaches nuclear dea

Iran warns of retaliation if USA breaches nuclear deal - Khamenei website 
Donald Trump could erase Obama's legacy almost as soon as he takes office Khamenei, for his part, said earlier this year that if Trump scraps the deal, "we will set fire to it".

That fear is shared by the deal's critics.

The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a conservative think tank in Washington, was an early supporter of the "stop the Iran nuclear deal" campaign and pressed members of Congress previous year to block it. While it remains critical of what it sees as a unsafe and flawed agreement, it now opposes rescinding it.

The only step Obama should take, the GOP leaders said, is renewing the Iran Sanctions Act.

On August 15, 2015, Obama said that the US would uphold "sanctions targeting Iran's support for groups such as Hizballah, its destabilizing role in Yemen, its backing of the Assad regime, its missile program, and its human rights abuses at home". The means are outlined in Article 37 of the JCPOA and in U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, which explain how the snapback measures work.

He wrote: "A new American president with a firm stance will have a major impact on politics inside Iran".

In exchange, the global community pledged to lift economic sanctions. One of these deals concerned the nuclear agency's inspection of the Parchin military facility, where the Iranians were suspected of testing nuclear components. Britain's ambassador is "using the opportunity to develop our relationship with Iran", he said.

What worries the deal's supporters is that the new commander in chief will take an even more aggressive posture and undo with his own hands what he has called a "lopsided" agreement.

A comprehensive deal on Iran's nuclear programme was inked in July 2015, bringing to an end a 12-year standoff that had threatened to trigger a new war in the Middle East, and potentially marking the beginning of a new era in relations between Iran and the west. "I don't think he will tear it up, and I don't think that's the way to start", said Corker, rumored to be in the running for secretary of state.

The agreement, which officially took effect in January, has released hundreds of millions of dollars in impounded Iranian funds and spurred a rush of European business interest in Iran trade and investment deals, generating momentum that would be hard to reverse.

In mid-January, the sanctions on Tehran were removed after the International Atomic Energy Agency verified Iran's compliance with the deal.

They've also, Phillips notes, been caught trying to covertly buy illicit dual-use nuclear technology in Germany, which violates Iran's commitments under the nuclear deal to obtain global approval for all nuclear purchases. If the USA withdraws from the agreement, it would effectively cancel both Boeing and Airbus's deal and possibly renew US sanctioning of Iranian banks.

In September previous year, the two countries exchanged ambassadors. "I think the bigger danger is not so much about specifics, but if Trump's administration does a 180 with this global commitment, I think it will be very destabilizing to the region and that relationship". He said it might be time to undo the whole deal if signatory countries can opt out at will. Michael Flynn, a former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency who was appointed as Trump's National Security Advisor, has strongly come out against it.

During the campaign appearance last March before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Donald J. Trump described the Iran nuclear deal as "terrible", and used as an example, the Obama administration's bad negotiating skills.

The renewed push the official explained was due to Iranians who support the deal, like Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, telling the U.S. that Iranian hardliners may attempt to kill the deal unless its benefits become more apparent within Iran.

A USA withdrawal from the agreement will present Iran with a conundrum.

Possibly the best strategy would be for the Trump Administration would be to announce that it will honor the deal reluctantly, and enforce it unsparingly. And non-nuclear sanctions have been lifted, partially ushering Iran back into the global economy.