What You Need To Know | President Trump Is Taking Action
to Ensure Iran Can Never Develop a Nuclear Weapon
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President Trump is utilizing the full power of sanctions to ensure Iran never develops a nuclear weapon.
· President Trump has directed his administration to notify the United Nations that the United States plans to reinstate all suspended United Nations sanctions on Iran.
· This follows from President Trump’s action to withdraw the United States from the disastrous Iran deal put in place by the Obama administration.
o Under that deal, billions of dollars were funneled to the world’s number one state sponsor of terror – likely funding chaos and bloodshed throughout the world.
· When the United States entered into the Iran deal, it was clear that we would always have the right to restore United Nations sanctions to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
· Now, the United States is exercising that right and working to ensure that Iran can never develop a nuclear weapon, as President Trump has pledged since day one of his time in office.
The President is committed to blocking Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon and holding them accountable for their malign activities.
· President Trump’s maximum pressure campaign against Iran has isolated them and crippled their strength in the region.
· President Trump has imposed crippling sanctions on Iran – including re-imposing all those that had been lifted under the Obama Administration.
o These sanctions have decimated Iran’s economy and hampered their efforts develop nuclear weapons.
o Over 1,000 Iran-related sanctions have been issued against individuals, entities, and industries – including vessels, aircraft, banks, oil exporters, shipping companies, and metals and mining companies.
· The President ordered the strike that took out Iran’s Qassem Soleimani – a terrorist responsible for the killing and wounding of thousands of American troops.
· The Trump Administration designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, further targeting resources it uses for its global terror campaign.
President Trump is leading the way to build a more peaceful and prosperous Middle East.
· President Trump is prioritizing peace through strength in our Middle East policy, rather than the appeasement efforts of the Obama Administration.
· Through the President’s leadership, the U.S. and international partners liberated 100% of ISIS’ so-called caliphate and brought the organization’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to justice.
· President Trump achieved a landmark agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates – the most significant step toward peace in the Middle East in over 25 years.
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