Documents claimed by Israel as proof of Iran’s secret nuclear weapons
programme are authentic and the U.S. is assessing the future of the Iran
nuclear deal in light of the revelations, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has
said. Mr. Pompeo’s public endorsement of Israel’s position could be prelude to
America’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal later this month.
President Donald Trump has set May 12 as the deadline to
reimpose sanctions suspended under the 2015 nuclear agreement among Iran, the
U.S., China, France, Russia, the U.K., and Germany. In October 2017, Mr. Trump had
refused to certify that continuing with the Iran deal was “vital to the
national security interests of the United States,” as required by a domestic
law.
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