from key european allies after his announcement on the iran nuclear deal. it is clear to me that we cannot prevent an iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. the iran deal is defective at its core. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. the president plans to impose new sanctions on the iranian regime and says any country that helps iran obtain nuclear weapons would also be strongly sanctioned. reaction to the move was, as you might imagine, swift both at home and abroad. cnn s fred pleitgen is live in tehran. good morning, fred. what s the latest? reporter: good morning. pretty swift and fierce here in iran. earlier today, iranian lawmakers set a u.s. flag on fire in iranian parliament, as well as a
full denuclearization with this u.s. president if he doesn t know what the next u.s. president might do. xi jinping reminding everyone he is the center of all of this. paula hancocks live from seoul. thanks. president trump innorring pleas from key european ignoring pleas from key european allies announcing the u.s. is quitting the iran nuclear deal. it is clear to me that we cannot prevent an iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement. the iran deal is defective at its core. if we do nothing, we know exactly what will happen. the president plans to impose new sanctions on the iranian regime and says any country that helps iran obtain nuclear weapons would be strongly sanctioned. reaction to the move was swift both at home and abroad. want to bring in fred pleitgen. he is there for us in tehran. and fred, first, the reaction
european countries france, germany, britain, the most important ones, have said they want the nuclear agreement to survive, to continue. of course, there is immense pressure from the trump administration, not just on these governments but, frankly, from countries on companies that are trying to do business from these countries here in iran. the iranians have said that if the nuclear agreement falls apart, they are capable and willing to ramp up their nuclear program once again. however, they also say they ve never had any intention and certainly don t now have any intention of building a nuclear bomb. all right, fred pleitgen in tehran, thank you. we ll get back to you soon. u.s. intelligence officials are growing increasingly concerned about a possible attack by iran against israel. military officials tell cnn the intelligence not clear on what kind of attack might take place or even when. but the u.s. believes it could come from inside syria or lebanon or even iran itself. let