President Donald Trump is set to announce today whether the United States will withdraw from a nuclear weapons deal with Iran.
The deal, struck between former President Barack Obama, Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani and other world leaders in 2015, saw Iran commit to stop developing nuclear weapons in exchange for reduced sanctions.
Trump called the deal a ‘disaster’ during his 2016 election campaign and more recently said it ‘threw Iran’s dictatorship a political and economic lifeline’.
Yesterday UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson intervened, appearing on Fox & Friends in an appeal to Trump to keep the deal alive.
Last night the President tweeted that he would announce his decision from the White House on Tuesday, at 2pm EDT (7pm BST).
MailOnline has the latest updates.
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