washington donald trump election president raise prospect unite state pull nuclear pact sign last year iran alienate washington ally potentially free iran act ambition outgo president barack obama administration tout deal legacy foreign policy achievement way suspend tehran suspect drive develop atomic weapons return obama democrat agree lift sanction deal harshly oppose republicans congress reach political commitment rather treaty ratify lawmakers make vulnerable new u.s. president trump might disagree term republican trump run white house oppose deal contradictory statements make unclear would act upset democrat hillary clinton trump tuesday succeed obama jan. 20. businessman-turned-politician never hold public office trump call nuclear pact disaster bad deal ever negotiate campaign say could lead nuclear holocaust speech pro-israel lobby group aipac march trump declare number-one priority would dismantle disastrous deal iran say would negotiate good deal long restrictions somewhat paradoxically criticize remain u.s. sanction prevent american company deal iran contrast concede would hard destroy deal enshrine unite nations resolution august 2015 say would rip nuclear deal would police contract tough chance iran deny ever consider develop atomic weapons experts say u.s. violation deal would allow iran also pull back commitments curb nuclear development commitments include reduce number centrifuge two-thirds cap level uranium enrichment well level need bomb-grade material reduce enrich uranium stockpile around 10,000 kg 300 kg 15 years submit international inspections verify compliance say goodbye iran deal say richard nephew former u.s. negotiator iran columbia university little likelihood stay either deliberate decision tear trump step u.s. take prompt iranian walk back spokesman atomic energy organization iran behrouz kamalvandi quote say tasnim news agency iran prepare change add iran would try stand deal nuclear deal divisive iran hardliners oppose good relations west argue pragmatist president hassan rouhani give much country nuclear infrastructure little relief rouhani say wednesday u.s. election result would effect tehran policies state news agency irna quote say nl8n1da46h washington close middle east ally skeptical nuclear deal israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu outright hostile gulf leaders say deal embolden iran pursuit regional hegemony part support proxy group fuel regional conflict iranian supreme leader ali khamenei whose power supersede rouhani regularly criticize unite state say trust ultimately assent term deal know acronym jcpoa big winner aftermath trump victory iran supreme leader say suzanne maloney foreign policy expert brook institution cartoonish american enemy exult hopefully brief crash american economy able walk away iran obligations jcpoa pin responsibility washington complicate trump effort renegotiate deal multilateral agreement involve u.s. ally europe well fellow world power russia china european asian firm return iran make major investments mean unite state would likely alone pull deal possibly isolate partner wednesday head gas renewables power french oil gas company total totf.pa iran say trump election would impact investments np6n1cw004 khamenei already promise set fire nuclear deal west violate iran repeatedly complain receive benefit promise though european company eager explore business prospect iran deal enact part european bank reluctant finance deal involve iran whether negotiate good deal take two seven side agree begin process something rate highly unlikely say zachary goldman executive director center law security new york university former u.s. treasury official walk away deal think bad worlds iran feel free commitments may blame deal fall apart trump election put iran nuclear deal shaky grind