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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear-deal.html?_r=0
Trump Won't Certify Iran Nuclear Deal, But He Also Won't Unravel It
(New York Times) Mark Landler and David E. Sanger - In a speech on Friday, President Trump will declare his intention not to certify Iran's compliance with the nuclear agreement. But the Trump administration made it clear that it wants to leave the 2015 accord intact, at least for now. Instead, it is asking Congress to establish "trigger points," which could prompt the U.S. to reimpose sanctions on Iran if it crosses thresholds set by Congress. Trump plans to outline a broad strategy that "focuses on neutralizing the government of Iran's destabilizing influence and constraining its aggression, particularly its support for terrorism and militants," the White House said in a summary issued Thursday. However, the U.S. will not designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization.