Dictatorial bent of US is the real global threat

With US President Donald Trump announcing the United States withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal last month and now ratcheting up the pressure on Teheran, confidence that the multilateral deal can survive has been fading day by day.

However, although Iran is making preparations to revive its nuclear program should the deal fall apart, the visit to Europe this week by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has raised a glimmer of hope that the nuclear nonproliferation deal will hold, as he has indicated Teheran's willingness to reach an agreement with the European Union that with the support of China and Russia will keep the deal alive.

However, in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Trump piled pressure on European countries by threatening to sanction European companies that do business with Iran.