Tillerson spoke to reporters after a meeting of the parties to the nuclear deal, including Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. “One can almost set the countdown clock to Iran resuming its nuclear activities,” Tillerson said. He said Trump is seeking “an excuse” to pull out of the nuclear deal and it would be a “waste of time” for him to meet the president. The Iranians, in turn, have threatened to respond to any U.S. pullout by restarting nuclear activities that could take them closer to bomb-making capability. It wasn’t clear if Trump had made a final decision to leave or stick with the Iran deal.

Source: National Post September 21, 2017 05:03 UTC