Mattis: US to work with partners to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is telling a US Senate panel the Trump administration will work with allies and partners to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
In an opening statement to the defense subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, focused mainly on the administration's proposed 2018 defense budget, Mattis noted that President Donald Trump had announced his decision Tuesday to withdraw US participation in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Without commenting directly on the implications of leaving the nuclear deal, Mattis said the US will work with "others" to address what he called "the range of Iran's malign influence."
