Haley suggests action on Iran missiles could save nuke deal

WASHINGTON – The United States is encouraging other UN Security Council countries to set aside the nuclear deal loathed by President Donald Trump and focus on cracking down on Iran's missile and other non-nuclear transgressions, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said Monday.

Haley, who brought fellow Security Council ambassadors on a field trip to Washington, suggested that a concerted global effort to punish Iran for violating Security Council resolutions on ballistic missiles could persuade Trump it was worthwhile to remain in the nuclear deal. She noted that France, a key member of the group that negotiated the 2015 nuclear deal, had recently "started hitting" Iran rhetorically for violating ballistic missile resolutions.

"It's working," Haley said after meeting with Trump and the other ambassadors. "They're starting to realize, 'If we don't start talking about the violations, if we don't call them out, then the US is going to say this whole thing is a sham.'"