11.01.2018 - 20:58 [ L.A. Times ]

As new deadline looms, Trump is expected to stay in Iran nuclear deal despite reservations

The moves would maintain the status quo in place since October, when Trump first declined to certify the deal to Congress but left it intact. The Obama administration and five other world powers negotiated the accord with Iran in 2015 in an effort to block Tehran from building nuclear weapons.

Iran agreed to dismantle or destroy most of its nuclear infrastructure under the agreement.