Trump decertifies the Iran deal and threatens to end it altogether
President Donald Trump  announced on Friday that  he  is decertifying  but not withdrawing from or rewriting  the Iran nuclear agreement.
While  the president  delivered blistering criticism of Iran's "fanatical regime" and argued the country has violated the spirit of the 2015 agreement that aims to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon   he  left the deal's fate up to Congress.
"We cannot and will not make this certification "  Trump  said during a speech at the White House. "We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence  more terror  and the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakout."
 Trump  has effectively given Congress three options: Do not subject Iran to new sanctions and leave the agreement as is; apply sanctions and withdraw from the deal; or renegotiate the deal.
But  Trump  threatened to unilaterally withdraw from the agreement if Congress is unable to agree on a solution  which will require 60 votes and bipartisan support in the Senate.
 Trump  campaigned on  his  promise to "rip up" the agreement  which was negotiated by the Obama administration in an effort to curb Iran's nuclear weapons program and is formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
But on July 17  the president recertified the JCPOA â which is required by Congress every 90 days â for the second time  after  he  was warned by  his  top aides and cabinet officials that withdrawing would threaten US national security interests and told that  while the deal is imperfect  it provides crucial benefits for the US and its allies.
In August  The Guardian reported that  the Trump White House  was pushing intelligence analysts to provide justification for declaring Iran in violation of the tenants of the deal. That pressure reportedly reminded some analysts of the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
" They  told me there was a sense of revulsion. There was a sense of dÃ©jÃ  vu " said Ned Price  a former CIA analyst who served as special adviser to former President Barack Obama. "There was a sense of  'We've seen this movie before.'"
Experts argue that Trump's motivations for scrapping the deal are more political than strategic.
[TGT] announced on Friday that   [TGT]   is decertifying  but not withdrawing from or rewriting  the Iran nuclear agreement.
While   [TGT] delivered blistering criticism of Iran's "fanatical regime" and argued the country has violated the spirit of the 2015 agreement that aims to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon    [TGT]   left the deal's fate up to Congress.
"We cannot and will not make this certification "   [TGT] said during a speech at the White House. "We will not continue down a path whose predictable conclusion is more violence  more terror  and the very real threat of Iran's nuclear breakout. [TGT] 
has effectively given Congress three options: Do not subject Iran to new sanctions and leave the agreement as is; apply sanctions and withdraw from the deal; or renegotiate the deal.
But   [TGT] threatened to unilaterally withdraw from the agreement if Congress is unable to agree on a solution  which will require 60 votes and bipartisan support in the Senate.
  [TGT] campaigned on   [TGT]   promise to "rip up" the agreement  which was negotiated by the Obama administration in an effort to curb Iran's nuclear weapons program and is formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
But on July 17  the president recertified the JCPOA â which is required by Congress every 90 days â for the second time  after  he  was warned by  his  top aides and cabinet officials that withdrawing would threaten US national security interests and told that  while the deal is imperfect  it provides crucial benefits for the US and its allies.
In August  The Guardian reported that  the  [TGT]  White House  was pushing intelligence analysts to provide justification for declaring Iran in violation of the tenants of the deal. That pressure reportedly reminded some analysts of the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
" They  told me there was a sense of revulsion. There was a sense of dÃ©jÃ  vu " said Ned Price  a former CIA analyst who served as special adviser to former President Barack Obama. "There was a sense of  'We've seen this movie before.'"
Experts argue that Trump's motivations for scrapping the deal are more political than strategic.