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From CNN’s Richard Roth
Russia is “disappointed” in US President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran deal, Dmitry Polyansky, a deputy Russian ambassador to the United Nations, told reporters today.
“We are disappointed as we were before, so it was no surprise,” he said.
When asked if Russia will call a UN Security Council meeting regarding the US decision, he said, “all the options are on the table.”
British Prime Minister Theresa May said she “regrets” the US withdrawal from the Iran deal in a joint statement with the UK, Germany and France.
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
The Prime Minister held a joint telephone call with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this evening, where they discussed the US President’s announcement and agreed their continuing commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
From CNN's Lonzo Cook
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the US failed to live up to its international commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran deal.
Rouhani, speaking in a live television address from Tehran, added that the agreement was not a bilateral agreement between the United States and Iran, but rather a multilateral international agreement endorsed by the UN Security Council.
From CNN's Betsy Klein
In a briefing with reporters following President Trump’s remarks on exiting the Iran deal, national security adviser John Bolton reiterated Trump’s message: “We’re out of the deal, we’re out. We’re out of the deal.”
The decision is very clear, it’s a firm statement of American resolve to prevent not only Iran from getting nuclear weapons but ballistic missile delivery capability, it limits its continued support of terrorism, and it’s causing instability and turmoil in the Middle East. I think the President also laid out what comes next, as he said at the end, he’s prepared to look at discussions on a much broader resolution of the maligned behavior that we see from Iran.
Bolton argued that the decision will have broader implications for US national security, saying the withdrawal sends a message to Kim Jong Un ahead of their meeting.
“Another aspect of the withdraw that was announced today was to establish positions of strength for the United States and it will have implications not simply for Iran but the forthcoming meeting with Kim Jong Un in North Korea, sends a very clear signal that the United States will not accept inadequate deals,” he said.
From CNN's Donna Borak
The Treasury Department will be taking “immediate action” to implement President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.
The agency said sanctions will be reimposed subject to certain 90-day and 180-day wind-down periods. Once the wind-down period has finalized, sanctions will come back into full effect. Those sanctions include both the US primary and secondary sanction authorities.
“We will continue to work with our allies to build an agreement that is truly in the best interest of our long-term national security,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a statement.
He said the US will cut off Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' access to capital to fund Iranian malign activity, including:
From CNN's Barbara Starr
There are increasing concerns Iran is on the cusp of an attack against Israel, several US military officials tell CNN.
Intelligence is not clear on when an attack could come and what form it would take, these officials tell CNN.
“If there is an attack it might not be immediately clear it’s Iran,” one official said.
The US is watching very closely to see if Iranian-backed actions could come from inside Syria or Lebanon, or even from inside Iran itself, though that would be considered a major military escalation.
The Israeli army has instructed authorities in the Golan Heights, in the north of the country, to open civilian shelters after detecting what it calls “irregular activity” of Iranian forces in Syria.
In a statement, the army says its troops are on high alert for an attack and defense systems have been deployed. The statement warned that “any aggression against Israel will be met with a severe response.” The statement goes on to say that “the Israeli public should remain attentive to IDF instructions that will be given if necessary.
The US-led coalition fighting ISIS inside Syria said today that that they have seen “no change” in behavior of Iranian backed forces inside Syria in recent days.
The European Union's top diplomat says Europe is “determined to preserve” the Iran deal following President Trump’s decision to withdraw from it.
The EU’s Foreign Minister, Federica Mogherini, said she expects the “rest of the international community to continue implementing the Iran nuclear deal.”
“The Iran nuclear deal is working and delivering, to ensure Tehran doesn’t develop nuclear weapons,” Mogherini said in Rome.
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin said President Trump’s announcement “is a mistake of historic proportions."
“The last thing America and the world need right now is a new nuclear threat, he said. "Breaking this deal increases the danger that Iran will restart its nuclear weapons program, which threatens our ally, Israel, and destabilizes the entire Middle East."
"It isolates the United States from the world at a time when we need our allies to come together to address nuclear threats elsewhere, particularly in Korea."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the Iran decision “dangerous and impulsive.”
"Today is a sad day for America’s global leadership," she said. "The Trump Administration’s dangerous and impulsive action is no substitute for real global leadership.”
Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said Trump "absolutely made the right decision" to leave the Iran nuclear deal.
"This was a terrible deal that only allowed Iran’s bad international conduct to worsen," she said in a statement.
Here's the full statement:
The President absolutely made the right decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. This was a terrible deal that only allowed Iran’s bad international conduct to worsen. We must never allow Iran to get nuclear weapons, and we must resist their support for terrorism that continues to threaten America and our allies.