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Report: President Trump plans to scrap nuclear deal with Iran

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is scheduled to travel to Vienna for consultations with the International Atomic Energy Agency, over Iran’s compliance with the nuclear agreement, as part of US legislation that forces the President of the United States to certify Tehran’s compliance with the deal every 90 days. The bill requires the president to reveal whether the lifting of sanctions on Iran is in “vital national interest” of the United States, if Iran is complying with the deal and all related agreements, whether Iran is making nuclear advances, and whether Iran is in material breach of the agreement. Meanwhile, according to several media reports, President Donald Trump has indicated that he intends to find Iran in non-compliance with the nuclear agreement, in his next report on Tehran’s compliance that is due in October. The reason behind the anticipated move by the American President: while the IAEA has not declared Iran to be in material breach of the agreement, it has documented a number of Iranian violations of the deal since it was implemented in January of 2016.