President Donald Trump announced he was pulling the United States out of the "defective" multinational nuclear deal with IranCairo - 8 May 2018: President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the US withdrawal from the "defective" multinational nuclear deal with Iran, as Washington moved to reinstate punishing sanctions against the Islamic republic. "The Iran deal is defective at its core," Trump said in a televised address from the White House. "I am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. "Following his address, the US leader signed a presidential memorandum to start reinstating US nuclear sanctions on the Iranian regime. "Any nation that helps Iran in its quest for nuclear weapons could also be strongly sanctioned by the United States.

Source: Egypt Today May 08, 2018 18:56 UTC