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Trump Won’t Certify the Iran Nuclear Deal and He Won’t Kill It

Reports Friday claimed his new strategy would focus on efforts to “fix” the accord, rather than scrapping it.

Donald Trump's new approach to Iran won't completely abandon the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, according to reports Friday.

Observers have been anxiously awaiting Trump's speech at the White House at 12:45 PM Friday, at which the president will unveil his much anticipated new strategy toward the Islamic republic. Trump has repeatedly threatened to pull the US out of the deal. But reports Friday claimed his new strategy would focus on efforts to "fix" the accord, rather than scrapping it, with the aim of making it more difficult for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.

"It is time for the entire world to join us in demanding that Iran's government end its pursuit of death and destruction," Trump said in a White House statement Thursday, laying out key elements of the strategy. Continue reading on VICE News.