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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Pentagon chief says Trump found Iran deal ‘inadequate’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says President Donald Trump decided to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal because he found it inadequate and could not affirm that the agreement was being lived up to.
Mattis makes his remarks in response to questions by members of a Senate committee.
The Pentagon chief says that since the deal was made in 2015 there has been no reduction in what he called Iran’s “malicious activities,” such as Tehran’s support for Syrian President Bashar Assad. Prior to Trump’s decision, Mattis had said that while he would not have signed the deal, he believed the US should stick with it.
Mattis says the US will now work with allies and other countries to try to steer Iran toward more responsible behavior around the world.
— AP
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