Economics
Key Senator Lays Out a Path for Trump on Iran Nuclear Deal
- Cotton hints Congress would hold off on reimposing sanctions
- Trump national security team divided over benefits of accord
Trump Keeps Allies in the Dark About Iran Decision
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A key U.S. senator long opposed to the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran offered a path for President Donald Trump to distance himself from the accord without immediately quitting it, imposing new sanctions or carrying out military action.
Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton, a member of the Armed Services Committee, said Trump should “decertify” Iran’s compliance with the agreement in a report required by Congress every 90 days and next due on Oct. 15. That, Cotton said, would let Congress develop a list of demands that the president could press European allies who are part of the accord -- and oppose abandoning it -- to accept.