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From the Liveblog of
Monday, September 18, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Monday, September 18, 2017
Trump threatens to cancel Iran deal over weak monitoring
US President Donald Trump is warning that Washington will walk away from a nuclear deal it agreed to with Iran if it deems that the UN agency monitoring the agreement is not tough enough in monitoring it.
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan waits for the start of the IAEA board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, September 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
In a message Monday to a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency read by US Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Trump says “we will not accept a weakly enforced or inadequately monitored deal.”
But Iran says the greatest threat to the deal is “the American administration’s overly hostile attitude.” Alluding to US assertions that the deal allows the IAEA to inspect Tehran’s military sites, Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi is urging the agency to “resist such unacceptable demands.”
— AFP
