Sean Adl-Tabatabai – A top Iranian official says the country should never have signed the Obama-era nuclear deal that has now been renounced by President Trump.

In a rare interview with Lester Holt, Ali Shamkhani, a close adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said there were people in Iran who felt that signing the 2015 nuclear pact, known as the JCPOA, was a big mistake.

Asked by the NBC News presenter if he was one of those people, Shamkhani declared, “Yes. … I’m just following the viewpoints of my nation, the people of Iran.” Continue reading →