President Trump said he doesn’t want to get involved in a conflict with Iran, but he said he was concerned the country was close to developing a nuclear weapon. “I think they were a few weeks away from getting one,

The 2015 deal introduced strict limits on Iran's atomic activities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. It slashed Iran's stock of enriched uranium, leaving it only with a small amount enriched to up to 3.67% purity, far from the roughly 90% purity that is weapons grade.

Israel has carried out attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities, alleging Tehran was getting close to obtaining a nuclear weapon.