Critics of the Iran Deal are now asking President-elect Donald Trump to rethink pulling out of the agreement.
The pact – a settlement between Iran, the United States, China, Britain, France, Germany, and Russia – was put together to rein in the nation's nuclear stockpile. It relaxed economic sanctions on Iran and, in turn, Iran agreed to reduce its nuclear efforts. But Trump said the deal was a foreign-policy disaster and many agreed, calling Iran an unreliable partner.
Now, some are rescinding.
"I don't think he will tear it up, and I don't think that's the way to start. I think what he should do is build consensus with these other countries that [Iran is] definitely violating the agreement," Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead" on Wednesday. "He's going to have Congress with him on that. I think that's a much better approach."
Corker suggested Trump take a milder approach, with one reason being hundreds of millions of dollars in impounded Iranian funds had already been released.
"We gave up . . . all of our leverage on the front end when we gave away the moneys that were stashed in various countries around the world, and so now the leverage is with them," Corker said on MSNBC on Wednesday. "I think the beginning point is for us to cause them to strictly adhere [to the deal]. And I think that what we have to remember is, we have to keep the Europeans and others with us in this process."
In a report published by the National Iranian American Council in November, 76 experts said it was in Trump's best interest to build on the Iran nuclear deal to "resolve remaining tensions with Iran and help stabilize the Middle East."
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