[1끊어읽기] Trump announces US withdrawing from Iran nuclear deal  

 

President Donald Trump  has announced

that the U.S. is withdrawing

from the Iran nuclear deal, 

keeping a campaign promise,

but ignoring the advice of America’s allies.

 

 

The president said

he is removing

the U.S

from the Iran nuclear deal 

known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

and will reimpose 

economic sanctions

on Iran at "the highest level of economic sanction" 

and target

"any nation

that helps Iran

in its quest for nuclear weapons" 

with sanctions, too.

 

Trump announced

his decision

at the White House after a last-ditch effort

by European allies

to urge Trump to stay in the agreement

and  build upon it.

 

Trump instead argued

the deal was so "horrible"

that it  had to be discarded

to move forward. 

 

"It is clear to me

that we cannot prevent

an Iranian nuclear bomb

under the decaying and rotten structure

of the current agreement,"

Trump said. 

 

"The Iran deal is defective

at its core.

 

If we do nothing,

we know exactly

what will happen." 

 

 

 

The nuclear deal was negotiated and agreed to

by Iran and the P5+1 –

the  U.S., U.K., France, China, Russia, and Germany –

in 2015,

granting Iran  sanctions relief

and returning frozen assets in exchange for restrictions

on its nuclear program and international inspections.

 

 There will now be a 90-day and a 180-day window

before certain kinds of U.S. sanctions are snapped back

into place.

 

But despite that wind-down  period,

the administration said clearly

it is exiting the deal.

 

 "We're out of the deal,"

National Security Adviser John Bolton repeated

three times

in a briefing with reporters.

 

 Bolton insisted

that discussions are already underway

towards  potentially renegotiating a new deal

with Iran,

but Iran –

and even  European allies --

have long maintained

that the JCPOA is not up

for  renegotiation.

 

 On August 6,

the first wave of U.S. sanctions will be reimposed,

on  Iran's currency, precious metals, aluminum and steel, and others.

 

After  an additional 90 days,

the administration will start

imposing sanctions 

on Iranian oil and other energy sectors,

the Central Bank of Iran,

and  shipping companies.

 

The slow implementation[이행, 실행] is designed

to give time to  U.S. allies

to withdraw their businesses

from Iran

or face American  sanctions –

putting the U.S. and Europe

at odds. [다투는, 불화하는]

 

 

 In response,

French President Emmanuel Macron,

German Chancellor Angela  Merkel,

and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May

noted their "regret and concern"

at Trump's decision,

calling on Iran

to maintain its commitments

under the deal –

and on the U.S.

to essentially stay out of the way:

 

"We urge

the U.S. to ensure

that the structures of the JCPOA can remain intact [온전한]
and to avoid taking action

which obstructs

its full implementation

by all other parties to the deal,"

they said

in a joint  statement.

 While the Trump administration has suggested

they will work with Europe

moving forward,

the three leaders make clear

their "continuing  commitment" to the deal,

saying plainly,

"The world is a safer place

as a  result."

 

That means

no European sanctions on Iran –

and instead, 

"ensuring the continuing economic benefits

to the Iranian people

that  are linked to the agreement,"

the sanctions relief and access

to international markets. 

 

 That could mean

that the U.S. will have to sanction

European companies  and Europe will have to take action

to protect its businesses –

a  possibility,

according to a senior State Department official,

who told  ABC News,

"Those are discussions

we’re going to have

with the  Europeans." 

 

 But there hasn't been any preparation

for that so far.

 

"We did not talk about Plan B

in our discussions"

with Europe, a senior State Department official told

reporters.

 

 Much of what happens next

depends

in large part

on how Iran responds. 

 

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani responded

to Trump in a televised  speech,

saying that he had ordered

the country's nuclear energy agency 

to be ready to start enrichment

at an industrial scale,

but that they  would first wait a few weeks

to see how other countries respond.

 

That's  essentially a threat to withdraw

from the deal as well,

depending on how  Europe, Russia, and China react.

 

 "If we see

that our expectations from this deal

could be met in action 

by the cooperation of other countries,

we will stay in the deal,

but if  we see

our interests are not guaranteed,

we will decide accordingly

at  that time,"

he said.

 

 Other American allies voiced

their support for the decision, 

particularly Iranian enemies Israel and Saudi Arabia.

 

Israeli Prime  Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

who gave a speech

last week

urging Trump to exit the deal,

praised "courageous leadership"

and "bold decision today 

to reject the disastrous nuclear deal

with the terrorist regime

in  Tehran."

 

 ABC News' Alexander Mallin and Ben Gittleson contributed to this report.