--- title: President Trump's Iran Deal Decision description: President Trump is keeping world leaders, including allies like the United Kingdom, in the dark on his plans for the Iran nuclear deal. canonical: https://time.com/4951450/president-trumps-iran-deal-decision/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-21T14:32:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T17:32:14.757Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump's Iran Deal Decision og:description: President Trump is keeping world leaders, including allies like the United Kingdom, in the dark on his plans for the Iran nuclear deal. og:url: https://time.com/4951450/president-trumps-iran-deal-decision/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Morning Must Reads og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump's Iran Deal Decision twitter:description: President Trump is keeping world leaders, including allies like the United Kingdom, in the dark on his plans for the Iran nuclear deal. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump's Iran Deal Decision > Sponsored content. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Sep 21, 2017 2:32 PM UTC President Donald Trump is keeping even fellow world leaders in the dark on his plans for the Iran nuclear deal. “Prime Minister May \[of the U.K.\] asked him if he would share it with her and he said no,” U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters Wednesday. Trump is said to be exploring ways to not fully end the deal, but rather to try to toughen its conditions or shift the burden to Congress on whether to impose additional sanctions. TIME’s Philip Elliott explores the tortured state of the Democratic Party in this week’s cover story. Robert Mueller’s investigation is squeezing Paul Manafort. 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