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              Tillerson declares the Iran nuclear deal a failure



            JOSH LEDERMAN                                                                                                       wants  to  show  he’s  being
            Associated Press                                                                                                    tougher  than  Obama  to-
            WASHINGTON  (AP)  —  Sec-                                                                                           ward Iran, but on the other
            retary of State Rex Tillerson                                                                                       hand, he’s not yet ready to
            declared  the  Iran  nuclear                                                                                        rip up the deal.
            deal  a  failure  on  Wednes-                                                                                       Trump  as  a  candidate
            day but left open the possi-                                                                                        vowed  to  discard  or  re-
            bility the Trump administra-                                                                                        negotiate  the  pact,  and
            tion will uphold it nonethe-                                                                                        shortly after taking office his
            less.                                                                                                               administration  put  Tehran
            The  top  American  diplo-                                                                                          “on notice” that its trouble-
            mat  sought  to  reinforce                                                                                          some  behavior  would  no
            the  notion  that  the  U.S.  is                                                                                    longer  be  tolerated.  But
            aggressively    countering                                                                                          neither  Iran  nor  the  other
            Iran’s  destabilizing  behav-                                                                                       world  powers  that  negoti-
            ior  throughout  the  Middle                                                                                        ated the agreement have
            East,  even  though  Presi-                                                                                         any  interest  in  re-opening
            dent  Donald  Trump  so  far
            has  not  pulled  out  of  the                                                                                      the deal, and U.S. compa-
            deal.                                                                                                               nies stand to lose billions if
            Tillerson  spoke  a  day  af-                                                                                       the deal is scuttled.
            ter  certifying  to  Congress                                                                                       Proponents  of  the  deal
            that  Iran  is  complying  with                                                                                     have  long  acknowledged
            its  obligations  under  the   Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the U.S.-Saudi Arabia CEO Summit, Wednesday, April   it doesn’t address concerns
            2015  deal,  a  requirement   19, 2017, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)  about  Iran’s  non-nuclear
            for  Tehran  to  continue  re-                                                                                      behavior, such as its ballistic
            ceiving  relief  from  nuclear  ing a nuclear state.”     to  North  Korea.  Like  with  Tillerson’s  hastily  arranged   missile  program  or  support
            sanctions.                   He  said  the  deal,  bro-   the North, Tillerson said, the  statement before cameras   for Houthi rebels in Yemen.
            “The JCPOA fails to achieve  kered  by  former  President  Trump  administration  was  at  the  State  Department   The  deal’s  critics,  though,
            the objective of a non-nu-   Barack  Obama’s  admin-      unwilling to be patient with  reflected  the  competing   say it fails to achieve even
            clear  Iran,”  Tillerson  said,  istration  along  with  other  Iran,  ticking  through  a  list  forces pulling at the Trump   that  goal  because  key  re-
            using  an  acronym  for  the  world  powers,  represent-  of countries where he said  administration  as  it  devel-  strictions  on  Iran’s  nuclear
            2015  nuclear  deal.  “It  only  ed  the  “same  failed  ap-  Iran  was  supporting  terror-  ops  its  policy  toward  Iran.   development  sunset  after
            delays their goal of becom-  proach” the U.S. has taken  ism and violence.             On  the  one  hand,  Trump   a decade or more. q

                 US tells North Korea: We don’t want a fight, don’t start one



            EDITH M. LEDERER                                                                                                    declared  priority  of  North
            Associated Press                                                                                                    Korea, officially the Demo-
            UNITED  NATIONS  (AP)  —                                                                                            cratic People’s Republic of
            The  U.S.  ambassador  to                                                                                           Korea or DPRK.
            the  United  Nations  had  a                                                                                        Guterres  singled  out  the
            message  for  North  Korea                                                                                          countries “in the front line”
            on  Wednesday:  “We’re                                                                                              of  contacts  with  North
            not trying to pick a fight so                                                                                       Korea  —  the  U.S.,  China,
            don’t try and give us one.”                                                                                         South Korea, Russia and Ja-
            “The  ball  is  in  their  court,”                                                                                  pan — and said everybody
            Ambassador      Nikki   Hal-                                                                                        involved should “make sure
            ey  told  reporters.  “They                                                                                         that everything is done for
            shouldn’t  try  and  play  at                                                                                       the  threat  represented  by
            this point.”                                                                                                        the  development  in  rela-
            Haley’s comments followed                                                                                           tion  to  missiles  and  in  re-
            President  Donald  Trump’s                                                                                          lation  to  the  potential  for
            recent  statement  that  the                                                                                        nuclear  capability  not  to
            U.S.  wants  peace  —  and                                                                                          become a threat to the in-
            that  how  much  North  Ko-                                                                                         ternational community.”
            rean  ruler  Kim  Jong  Un                                                                                          Haley, the current president
            also wants peace will be a                                                                                          of the U.N. Security Council,
            deciding  factor  in  easing                                                                                        said  members  were  work-
            tensions  between  the  two   In this photo, United States ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attends a session at   ing  on  a  statement  con-
            countries.                    the United Nations headquarters. On Wednesday, April 19, 2017, Haley had a message for North   demning  the  latest  failed
            Trump  has  been  pressur-    Korea: “We’re not trying to pick a fight so don’t try and give us one.”               missile launch.
            ing  China,  North  Korea’s                                                                 (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)  Diplomats  said  the  U.S.-
            main  benefactor,  to  help  General  Antonio  Guterres  Tensions  have  escalated  24  ballistic  missile  tests  last  drafted  statement  would
            defuse  the  situation  over  told  reporters  the  United  over  North  Korean  moves  year,  defying  six  Security  strongly   condemn   the
            North  Korea’s  develop-     Nations  fully  backs  efforts  to accelerate its arms pro-  Council  sanctions  resolu-  launch  and  express  the
            ment  of  atomic  weapons  of all states trying to ensure  grams,  including  devel-   tions  banning  any  testing,  council’s “utmost concern”
            and long-range missiles but  “that  North  Korea  doesn’t  oping  an  intercontinental  and it has conducted addi-  at  North  Korea’s  “highly
            he  has  also  warned  that  acquire the capacities that  ballistic  missile  that  could  tional missile tests this year,  destabilizing  behavior  and
            the U.S. will settle the issue  would  become  a  threat,  reach the United States.    including one on Saturday  flagrant  and  provocative
            alone  if  other  countries  not only for the region but in  The  North  conducted  two  that  failed.  Developing  a  defiance”  of  council  reso-
            won’t help. U.N. Secretary-  a wider area of the world.”  nuclear  bomb  tests  and  hydrogen  bomb  is  also  a  lutions. q
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