CIA Chief: Breaking the Nuclear Agreement Will Strengthen Hardliners in Iran

John Brennan, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has warned Donald Trump, the President-elect of the United States, about the consequences of "breaking" the nuclear agreement with Iran. In an interview with the BBC World Service published on Wednesday, December 1, he described breaking the nuclear agreement as "the height of folly" and stated, "It is unprecedented for the U.S. government to tear up an agreement made by the previous administration." The CIA Chief also added that such an action would both "strengthen hardliners" in Iran and encourage other countries to pursue similar nuclear programs if Iran resumes its nuclear activities. John Brennan emphasized, "I think tearing up the nuclear agreement would be the height of folly for the incoming administration." This warning from the current CIA Chief comes as the future CIA Chief is a staunch opponent of the nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran. Mike Pompeo, a Kansas representative in the U.S. House of Representatives who has been appointed by Donald Trump as the CIA Chief, described the nuclear agreement with Iran as "disastrous" just two days before his appointment, referred to the Islamic Republic as "the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism," and expressed his eagerness to withdraw from the agreement. Apart from Mr. Pompeo, other senior officials in the Trump administration and the President-elect have also promised to tear up the nuclear agreement. Unlike Democrats, who defend the nuclear agreement with Iran and consider it beneficial for the U.S. and its allies like Israel, Republicans believe this agreement will lead to a stronger nuclear Iran in the long run and will provide billions of dollars to the Islamic Republic, which has been labeled by the U.S. government as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. In Iran, Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, who has expressed significant criticism of the nuclear agreement, stated that if the U.S. tears up the nuclear agreement, Iran will burn it. The new U.S. government under Donald Trump will begin its work on January 20. In this context, Salehi stated: "In the event of a violation of the JCPOA, we can reach significant enrichment within a year and a half." The dollar has surpassed 3930 tomans. Senator McConnell: The Senate will vote on the extension of the 'Iran Sanctions Act' this week. Changing the game for 'proxies'; war against the people in the streets of Iran. The first paragraph; the responsibility of opponents and the possibility of radicalizing Iranian society. The death of the last Mossad representative in Tehran amid the Iran crisis.