At a meeting of military leaders, Trump warned cryptically that those present were witnessing “the calm before the storm”. A decision to do so could trigger a collapse of the deal and a return to a tense standoff in the Middle East over the Iranian nuclear programme. “You will be hearing about Iran very shortly.”The statement was made as he sat alongside senior security officials, the most senior of whom have said repeatedly that Iran is abiding by the 2015 nuclear agreement. Iran's foreign minister urges Europe to defy US if Trump sinks nuclear deal Read moreBusiness leaders who gathered for an Iran-Europe forum in Switzerland this week said they were prepared to do everything possible to salvage the deal in the event of a US withdrawal. The non-certification of the Iran deal threatens to trigger a second nuclear standoff at a time when the US is already immersed in one with North Korea.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2017 01:38 UTC