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World powers rally to defend value of Iran nuke accord

By JOHN DANISZEWSKI bilizing behavior and priori-
MATTHEW LEE tizing protecting American
Associated Press vital interests,” he said.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — “Our approach to Iran
Top diplomats from Ger- has to change fundamen-
many, Russia, China and tally,” McMaster said on
Italy insisted Thursday there CBS.
can be no turning back on “We have largely in re-
the Iran nuclear deal after cent years vacated very
President Donald Trump important competitive
suggested that he may space with Iran in this so-
seek a renegotiation or phisticated campaign of
simply walk away from the subversion where they’re
pact. really creating almost a
“How are we going to con- Hezbollah model across
vince countries like North the greater Middle East.”
Korea that international U.S. Secretary of State
agreements provide them Rex Tillerson on Wednes-
with security — and in so day had the highest-level
doing make them com- encounter between the
mit to future disarmament U.S. and Iran of Trump’s
efforts — if the only inter- presidency, meeting and
national example for such shaking hands with Iranian
an endeavor being suc- Foreign Minister Moham-
cessful, the agreement Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Thurs- mad Javad Zarif. The host
with Iran, no longer has day, Sept. 21, 2017, at U.N. headquarters. of that meeting of parties
effect?” asked Germany’s (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) to the agreement, EU for-
Vice Chancellor and For- eign policy chief Federica
eign Minister Sigmar Ga- “more important factors of He said the accord not by extending its provisions Mogherini, said all sides
briel, addressing the U.N. regional and international only doesn’t prevent Iran that ban Iran from possess- agreed that the deal is
General Assembly. security” today. Chinese from developing a nuclear ing significant stockpiles of working.
Italy’s U.N. Ambassador Se- Foreign Minister Wang Yi weapon, it virtually assures enriched uranium for 15 Tillerson said that while
bastiano Cardi said after also reiterated support. No they will be able to build years. Iran might be meeting its
a Security Council meet- agreement is perfect, he one once certain limits on U.S. National Security Ad- obligations to the letter of
ing that the escalating said, but if the accord is its atomic capabilities ex- viser H.R. McMaster said the deal, it is violating its
situation with North Korea discarded, the entire non- pire. Trump’s decision on the spirit.
should serve as a caution- proliferation system would Iran has ruled out any deal would be part of a “It’s pretty difficult to say
ary tale for not abandon- suffer, the Xinhua news renegotiation of the agree- broader restructuring of that the expectations of
ing the Iran deal. “When agency reported. ment and has said that any U.S. policy toward Iran, the parties who negotiated
you see the DPRK prolifera- The chorus of international abandonment of the deal which he said had focused this agreement have been
tion issue, which is not con- support was countered would lead it to immedi- entirely on negotiating and met,” he said, citing Irani-
trolled of course because by a succession of senior ately resume enrichment of defending the nuclear an behavior in the Middle
(it is) a rogue state, and Trump aides who repeated uranium. Iran also has said agreement at the expense East and elsewhere.
then you have the kind the president’s objections it has no intention ever of of other matters, including Trump is obliged to cer-
of controlled agreement to the pact in television in- acquiring nuclear weap- Iranian support for Leba- tify to Congress by Oct. 15
on Iran, that is the way to terviews on Thursday. ons, but U.S. and Israel are non’s Hezbollah movement if Iran is complying with the
go.” DPRK is an acronym In his speech to the Gen- among the countries that and for Syrian President deal, and officials have
for North Korea’s official eral Assembly on Tuesday, do not accept those as- Bashar Assad. said he may use that oc-
name. Trump called the accord surances, citing Iran’s past “When the announce- casion to either declare
Russia’s top diplomat, For- “nothing short of an em- nuclear activities. ment is made, it will fit in Iran in violation or deter-
eign Minister Sergey Lav- barrassment” and the U.S. officials have said in re- to a fundamentally sound mine that the agreement
rov, in his address, called “worst one-sided deal per- cent weeks that Trump may and broad strategy aimed is no longer in the U.S. na-
the Iran deal one of the haps in American history.” try to supplement the deal at addressing Iran’s desta- tional security interest.q

Kim Jong Un: ‘Deranged’ Trump will ‘pay dearly’ for threat

By MAT PENNINGTON of playing with fire.” Korea. He said Trump’s remarks adversaries as the North
Associated Press “I will make the man hold- The statement respond- “have convinced me, moves closer to perfect-
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — ing the prerogative of the ed to Trump’s combative rather than frightening or ing a nuclear-tipped missile
North Korean leader Kim supreme command in speech at the U.N. Gen- stopping me, that the path that could strike America.
Jong Un called President the U.S. pay dearly for his eral Assembly on Tuesday I chose is correct and that In recent months, the North
Donald Trump “deranged” speech calling for totally where he mocked Kim as it is the one I have to fol- has launched a pair of
and said in a statement destroying the DPRK,” said a “Rocket Man” on a “sui- low to the last.”Kim said he intercontinental missiles
carried by the state news the statement carried by cide mission,” and said that is “thinking hard” about his believed capable of strik-
agency that he will “pay North’s official Korean Cen- if “forced to defend itself response and that Trump ing the continental United
dearly” for his threats. tral News Agency in a dis- or its allies, we will have no “will face results beyond his States and another pair
Kim said that Trump is “un- patch issued from Pyong- choice but to totally de- expectation.” that soared over Japanese
fit to hold the prerogative yang on Friday morning. stroy North Korea.” It is unusual for the North Ko- territory. Earlier this month,
of supreme command of DPRK is the abbreviation of Kim characterized Trump’s rean leader to issue such a North Korea conducted its
a country.” He also de- the communist country’s speech to the world body statement in his own name. most powerful nuclear test
scribed the president as “a official name, the Demo- as “mentally deranged be- It will further escalate the to date drawing stiffer U.N.
rogue and a gangster fond cratic People’s Republic of havior.” war of words between the sanctions.q