Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls US President Donald Trump’s decision to refuse to declare Iran in compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal “courageous.”
“It’s a very brave decision, and I think it’s the right decision for the world,” Netanyahu says during an interview with John Dickerson on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“I think that right now the deal as it stands guarantees that Iran will have not a single nuclear bomb, but an entire nuclear arsenal within 10 years. And I think the president was very courageous in saying, ‘I’m not going to kick this can down the road. I’m not going to say, Well, it’s going to be on somebody else’s watch. I’m going to stop this from happening,’” Netanyahu says.
Trump triggered a legislative review by Congress on Friday by refusing to declare Iran in compliance with the 2015 deal between six world powers, including the United States, and Iran, which trades sanctions relief for a rollback of Iran’s nuclear program. Trump said in a White House speech on Friday that he would pull the United States out of the deal if he was not happy with the result.
— JTA
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