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Trump is playing a dangerous game with Iran
People burn the US flag in protest of President Donald Trump's decision Tuesday to pull out of the nuclear deal and renew sanctions, in Tehran, Iran

DISREGARDING the implications for the peace of the world, President Donald Trump has declared that the US is pulling out of the historic nuclear accord with Iran. 

The decision deals a powerful blow not just to the prospects for world peace but to the economic interest of almost every major country in Europe.

Trump’s declaration leaves Iran with the choice of trying to salvage what might remain of the deal or, as it has said it might do, restart its nuclear programme.

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