Trump again disregards international consensus

Despite the calls of the overwhelming majority of the international community for the United States to stay in the Iran nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will withdraw the US from the pact and reimpose sanctions against Teheran. His decision is not only a blow to the agreement itself, it also renounces the multilateral efforts that secured the compact.

In July 2015, after two years of tough negotiations, Iran and six world powers - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the US, plus the European Union - reached a deal, in which Iran would freeze its nuclear weapons program in exchange for the US and the EU lifting sanctions.

Since the deal went into effect on October 18, 2015, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nation's nuclear watchdog, has confirmed ten times that Iran has fully complied with the obligations set out in the deal.