German Chancellor Angela Merkel slams President Trump’s Iran deal decision

In the wake of President Trump’s announcement that the US will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized the decision in a speech on Friday.

According to Bloomberg, while Merkel acknowledged that the agreement has flaws, she said, “I believe that it’s not right to unilaterally cancel an accord that was negotiated, that was confirmed in the UN Security Council unanimously.”

Further, citing the US withdrawal from the Paris agreement and recent announcements on trade tariffs, Merkel stated that Trump’s “actions are throwing the multilateral global order into ‘real crisis,’” Bloomberg notes.

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Trump’s Iran decision has prompted other leaders around the world to issue critical statements as well.

“France, Germany, and the UK regret the U.S. decision to leave the JCPOA. The nuclear non-proliferation regime is at stake,” tweeted French President Emmanuel Macron.

Former President Barack Obama also responded to Trump’s announcement.

“There are few issues more important to the security of the United States than the potential spread of nuclear weapons, or the potential for even more destructive war in the Middle East. That’s why the United States negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the first place,” Obama wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

“The JCPOA is in America’s interest – it has significantly rolled back Iran’s nuclear program,” Obama added. “And the JCPOA is a model for what diplomacy can accomplish – its inspections and verification regime is precisely what the United States should be working to put in place with North Korea.”