Iran deal will not be cancelled under Trump: Senator Corker

The head of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has warned that the United States could trigger a crisis if it pulled out of the nuclear deal with Iran.

Republican Senator Bob Corker said on Friday that Washington will not “tear up” the 2015 deal with Tehran after US President-elect Donald Trump assumes office on January 20, but rather will focus on the serious implementation of the agreement.

“In spite of all the flaws in the agreement, nothing bad is going to happen relative to nuclear development in Iran in the next few years. It’s just not,” Corker said.

“You’ve got a choice. You can come in and figuratively tear it up … and you can create a crisis on the front end by doing so. Or you can understand that we have lots of challenges to deal with around the world,” he continued.

“What you can do instead is to begin to radically ensure its being implemented properly,” Corker noted.

The US senator has already been criticized by hardline Republican opponents of the deal for failing to repeal it in the Senate in 2015.