Trump could still renegotiate Iran nuclear deal: White House

Published Jan 6, 2020

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Washington - US President Donald Trump is

confident he could still renegotiate a nuclear deal with Tehran,

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said on Monday, a day after

Iran announced it would retreat further from the 2015 nuclear

pact.

Asked if Trump believes he can still get Iran to negotiate a

new nuclear agreement, Conway told reporters at the White House:

"He said he's open. If Iran wants to start behaving like a

normal country... sure, absolutely."

Trump later took to Twitter to reiterate the White House

stance that "Iran will never have a nuclear weapon" but gave no

other details.

Conway also defended Trump's decision last week to kill one

of Iran's top military commanders, saying the president "did

what a responsible, strong - not weak - commander-in-chief does

when faced with the opportunity to take out one of the - if not

the - world's most wanted terrorists."

Iran has said it will not renegotiate the nuclear deal,

which Trump abandoned in 2018, triggering a sharp decline in

relations between Tehran and Washington.

Tehran has already breached many of the deal’s restrictions

on its nuclear activities and on Sunday said it would abandon

limitations on enriching uranium. But it said it would still

continue to cooperate with the U.N. nuclear watchdog and could

quickly reverse its steps if U.S. sanctions are removed.

Trump's administration has pursued a "maximum pressure"

campaign against Iran that it said could help pressure Tehran to

come to the negotiating table. Trump has previously said he is

open to talks with Tehran. 

Reuters

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