Trump Defends Secret Iran Deal as Threats and Claims Emerge
President Trump defended a secret agreement with Iran to end the war, claiming it surpasses the 2015 deal. He warned of bombing Iran if it violated the terms. The deal aims to close the Strait of Hormuz and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
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President Trump lashed out at critics who say the agreement achieves less than the one President Barack Obama signed in 2015, and he threatened to bomb Iran again if it violated the deal.
US President Donald Trump sought on Wednesday to frame his vague arrangement aimed at ending a questionable war as a major win that would bring the conflict to a close, reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz and prevent Iran from “ever” obtaining a nuclear weapon. “On Sunday, we reached an agreement with Iran that achieves everything we set out to accomplish, everything and much more,” the US president said at a press conference in France on the sidelines of the Group of 7 economies. “When I say...