The US State Department has said that President-elect Donald Trump will have the power to revoke the nuclear deal reached between Tehran and the P5+1 group of countries.
Iran and the P5+1 group – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – reached the agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in July 2015.
Under the deal, Tehran agreed to limit some aspects of its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of all the nuclear-related sanctions.
During his presidential campaign, Republican Trump, who defeated his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the November 8 election, had promised to annul the deal.
He called the pact a “disaster” and “the worst deal ever negotiated.” He also said that the deal could lead to a “nuclear holocaust.”
On Tuesday, State Department spokesman Mark Toner strongly…