{"id":6341,"date":"2016-11-23T18:43:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T23:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=6341"},"modified":"2016-11-23T18:43:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T23:43:51","slug":"bolton-hopes-trump-will-abrogate-iran-nuclear-deal-soon-after-taking-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/6341\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton Hopes Trump Will \u2018Abrogate\u2019 Iran Nuclear Deal Soon After Taking Office"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CNS News\u201322 Nov. 2016-<\/strong>\u00a0 Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations <\/a> John Bolton, one of several reported contenders to be secretary of state in the Trump administration, said Monday it is important for the next president to rescind the Iran nuclear deal soon after taking office.
\nReferring to an agreement which President-elect Donald Trump has described as one of the worst he has seen, Bolton told Fox Business\u2019 Lou Dobbs it was \u201cimportant for Donald Trump, once inaugurated, to move very quickly in the early days of his presidency to abrogate this deal.\u201d
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got to send a clear political signal that it\u2019s a strategic mistake,\u201d he said.
\nSome critics of the deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) have suggested that Trump, rather than abandon the agreement, should insist on rock-solid compliance by Iran, saying that may in itself cause it to unravel.
\nBolton\u2019s expressed views are more uncompromising.
\nHe said Monday night that companies need to be warned that any business transactions they enter into with Iran following the easing of sanctions under the JCPOA could be at risk.
\n\u201cThis is an urgent, urgent matter. When the ayatollahs get nuclear weapons \u2013 they\u2019re the biggest financer of terrorism around the world. What if they give a terrorist group a nuclear weapon?\u201d he asked. \u201cThis is extremely dangerous \u2013 for us, for Israel, and others.\u201d
\nThe Obama administration contends that the deal it negotiated with Iran and five other countries has made the world a safer place, by cutting off the various pathways Iran has to developing a nuclear weapons capability.
\nCritics counter that concessions in the deal, including allowing the regime to keep much of its nuclear infrastructure intact, could facilitate Iran becoming a nuclear threshold state once JCPOA sunset provisions expire, after 10-15 years. They are also concerned about how Iran will use the billions of dollars gained from the deal.
\nAsked by Dobbs about President Obama\u2019s approach to the nuclear deal, Bolton replied, \u201cHis world view is completely backwards. He thinks that if we only could convince the ayatollahs that America\u2019s not a threat to them, they\u2019ll say \u2018oh my goodness, we don\u2019t need nuclear weapons,\u2019 and sweetness and light will break out. It\u2019s a basic misconception.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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