Trump’s Withdrawal from JCPOA to Isolate US: American Senator
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US Democratic Senator Al Franken said if the US walks out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, it will “leave us isolated”.
"Our European allies, Russia, China, are not going to pull out so it will just leave us isolated. It undercuts our leadership in the world and, boy, with North Korea, this doesn't help," Franken told MSNBC on Sunday.
"What kind of message does that send, that we abrogate every treaty that we sign, whether it's Paris or this? Or every agreement? This just undermines our nation as a leader," he continued.
"By the way, this was a good deal. It means that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon. Imagine where we'd be on those other issues if Iran had gotten to a nuclear weapon," the Minnesota lawmaker said.
His remarks came after Trump on Friday announced that he would not certify that Iran was complying with the requirements set forward by the multilateral deal. Trump argued the Iran nuclear deal is no longer serving US national security interests and accused Tehran of committing "multiple violations of the agreement."
The president is required by US law to certify every 90 days whether or not Iran is complying with the nuclear deal. He has certified the deal twice since coming to office.
