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President-electDonaldTrumpisbeingurgednottowithdrawtheUnitedStatesfromtheinternationalnuclearagreementwithIran.

MembersofTrump’sRepublicanPartyandotheropponentsaresayingitisbettertokeeptheexistingagreementandtrytoimproveit.

Trumpstronglycriticizedthenuclearagreementduringhispresidentialcampaign.Hecalledita“disaster”andthe“worstdealevernegotiated.”

Duringaspeechtoapro-IsraelgroupinMarch,Trumpsaidaspresident,hewouldseektoend“thedisastrousdealwithIran.”

However,IranandU.S.alliesinEuropehaveurgedthenewadministrationtohonortheagreement.ThedealwassignedbyIranandsixworldpowersinJuly2015.IteasedeconomicsanctionsonIraninexchangeforlimitsonTehran’snuclearprogram.

Iranhasrejectedcallstorenegotiatetheagreement.IranianForeignMinisterMohammadJavadZarifurgedTrumplastweektohonorthedeal,sayingitwasnotanagreement"foronesidetobeabletoscrap.”

U.S.SecretaryofStateJohnKerrytookaleadroleinnegotiatingtheagreementandcalledit“thegooddealwehadsought.”ButmanyRepublicansintheU.S.Congresshavebeenhighlycriticalofit.

Thedealwascreatedasapoliticalcommitmentratherthanatreaty.TheUnitedNationsSecurityCouncilresolutionthatapproveditdoesnotrequireitsmemberstoacceptit.Legalexpertssaythismeansthenewadministrationcouldsimplytakenoactionifitchoosestodoso.

EdwardSwaineisalawprofessoratGeorgeWashingtonUniversityandaformerlegaladvisertotheU.S.StateDepartment.HesaidtheU.S.wouldnotfaceanydirectinternationallegalconsequencesifitdecidedtopulloutoftheagreement.

However,someopponentsinCongresshavechangedearlieropinionsthattheagreementshouldbecanceled.TheyarenowcallingfortightersanctionsonIranandfortheagreementtobestrictlyenforced.

SenatorBobCorkerofTennesseeischairmanoftheSenateForeignRelationsCommittee.Hesaidthisweekhedoesnotthink“tearinguptheagreement”istherightthingtodo.HetoldreportersMondayhethinksWashingtonshouldworkwithitsalliestoenforcetheexistingagreementwithoutnegotiatinganewdeal.

“Tomethebestrouteforthenewpresidenttohandlethisistopushbackontheviolationsthataretakingplacetoday,”CorkerwasquotedbytheTimesFreePressnewspaperassaying.

CorkersaidthenucleardealmadeitpossibleforIrantogetback“billionsofdollars”ofmoneyseizedbytheU.S.Headdedthatovertime,theagreementmeansIrancould“endupinamuchstrongerpositionthantheywereinthebeginning.”

TheFoundationfortheDefenseofDemocracies,aconservativeresearchorganizationinWashingtonD.C.,agrees.Thegroupwasanearlysupporterofa"stoptheIrannucleardeal"campaignandurgedmembersofCongresstoblockthedeal.However,thegroupnowopposescancelingit.

OrdeKittrieisaseniorfellowatthefoundation.HesaysiftheU.S.withdrewfromthedeal,Iranwouldfeelfreetoignoretherestrictionsonitsnuclearprogram.Hesaiditwouldalsobeveryhardtobringbacksanctionsiftheagreementisrenegotiated.

I’mBryanLynn.

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worst–adj.theleastuseful,helpfulorappropriateway

sanctions–n.restrictionsimposedonacountryasawaytotrytogetittoobeyinternationallaws

scrap–v.getridofsomething

consequences-n.actionsthathappenasaresultofasetofconditions

route-n.wayofdoingorachievingsomething

foundation–n.organizationcreatedandsupportedwithmoneytohelpvariouscauses