Trump called the agreement a “decaying and rotten structure… defective at its core,” which did little to limit Iran’s nuclear enrichment and provided the government in Tehran with cash to fund its “malign behavior” across the Middle East.

“Therefore, I am announcing today that the US will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal,” Trump said. “Today’s action sends a critical message: the US no longer makes empty threats. When I make promises, I keep them.”

Powerful US sanctions against Iran will go into full effect, Trump said, and any country that aids Tehran’s nuclear or missile programs will find itself sanctioned as well. If Iran continues developing nuclear weapons, “it will have bigger problems than it has ever had before,” the US president said.

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