Iran deal critics to Trump: Please don't rip it up

UANI President David Ibsen: “You don’t want all the blame for the deal falling apart to land on the U.S.,” argued David Ibsen, president of United Against Nuclear Iran, a group that has spent months trying to persuade companies around the world not to invest in Iran despite the lifting of sanctions. Ibsen and others said Trump can still save face on Iran by making it clear he is serious about enforcing the nuclear deal while also cracking down on Tehran’s nefarious activities. For instance, since the nuclear agreement took effect almost a year ago, Iran has twice exceeded the limits on its heavy water stockpile, but the Obama administration has downplayed the incidents. Trump could be much more publicly harsh about these and other such apparent violations of the deal, the critics said. He could also use such incidents to rally other countries to warn Iran that it must not stray from the deal’s fine print.