US President Donald Trump said he would announce a decision on the future of the Iran nuclear deal at 2 p.m. ET Tuesday.
'If the United States unilaterally withdraws from the [nuclear accord], Iran could either remain in the agreement and seek to isolate the United States from our closest partners, or resume its nuclear activities. Either scenario would be detrimental to our national security interests,' wrote The Hill quoting the senators' letter.
Signed by Democratic senators Dianne Feinstein, Jack Reed, Sherrod Brown, Mark Warner, Patrick Leahy, Dick Durbin, Patty Murray, Tom Carper, Tom Udall, Amy Klobuchar and Maria Cantwell, as well as independent Senator Bernie Sanders, the letter warned that withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as Iran Deal, 'would undermine ongoing talks with North Korea about denuclearization, and harm US national security.'
The letter is considered one of the lawmakers and foreign leaders' attempts to make last-minute pitches Trump before he officially announces his decision on the future of the agreement.
In the past few weeks, top officials and authorities of the deal's signatories, EU foreign policy officials and the UN authorities have tried hard to talk Trump into staying in the deal.
The 2015 deal between the permanent members of the UNSC plus Germany and Iran, offered Tehran sanctions relief in exchange for limiting its nuclear program.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned that the US will face a “historic regret” should it decide to withdraw from the nuclear agreement.
Since the accord between Iran and the six world powers was signed in Vienna in July 2015, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly confirmed Iran’s compliance with its commitments.
