Pelosi Statement on Eight Years Since the Iran Nuclear Agreement Withdrawal

San Francisco - Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement marking eight years since President Trump withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Agreement:

"Eight years ago, Donald Trump followed through on a misguided and uninformed campaign promise by recklessly ripping up the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action-a landmark multilateral diplomatic agreement masterfully negotiated by President Obama that successfully strengthened global security and verifiably prevented Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

"Eight years after destroying that working agreement, Donald Trump has cost American lives by engulfing the region in the very conflict that serious diplomacy was meant to prevent. Even now, the President seeks concessions to end his war of choice that would leave the world less secure than under the very deal he dismantled."

"Democrats have never had any illusions about the Iranian regime. We remain firmly committed to countering Iran's support for terrorism, confronting its ballistic missile program and preventing it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. But the President's reckless decisions are no substitute for serious statecraft."