President Donald Trump broke the news to French President Emmanuel Macron that he was planning to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement in a call on Tuesday morning, The New York Times reported. Sources also told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the U.S. will violate the deal but did not share any details. The discussions fell apart, a second person familiar with the negotiations said, around limits on Iran’s nuclear output after 2030. The president has been critical of the 2015 agreement meant to curb Iran’s nuclear program, calling it “one of the most incompetently drawn deals I’ve seen” last October. According to NBC and the Times, Trump administration officials have begun to alert congressional leaders of his plans.

Source: Huffington Post May 08, 2018 15:57 UTC