The White House brushes off a major ‘typo’ in its statement on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, blames Obama instead

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• The White House brushed off a major “typo” in the statement it issued on Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
• The White House put out a now-amended statement, which read that Iran “has” a secret nuclear weapons program.
• Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders later took a jab at the Obama administration for signing the 2015 deal altogether, and described the mistake as a “typo”.
• Israel has accused Iran of “brazenly lying” about its nuclear capabilities, while the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it has “no credible evidence” Iran pursued nuclear weapons after 2009. 

The White House brushed off a major “typo” in the statement it issued on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, instead shifting the blame onto the Obama Administration for entering the deal in the first place. 

Following Israel’s reveal of a massive trove of stolen documents which they say shows that Iran has lied about their nuclear ambitions, the White House put out a now-amended statement on Monday, which said Iran currently “has” a secret nuclear weapons program.

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