Trump speaks about Iran and the nuclear deal in front of a portrait of President George Washington at the White House on Oct. 13, 2017. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Which would mean the 2015 nuclear agreement lives on, whether the president likes it or not. Proponents of the landmark accord with the U.S. and five other world powers argue that it puts a temporary freeze on Iran's nuclear program. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has called on the U.S. to devise an alternative solution for curbing Iran's nuclear progress. Demonstrators fed up with economic malaise had hoped the promise of the nuclear deal would benefit them.

Source: CBC News January 12, 2018 10:00 UTC