Nuclear security

Iran Nuclear Deal Likely to Stay - Speaker of the House

The US speaker of the House said in an interview aired this morning that despite tough talk on the campaign trail, the Iran nuclear deal put in place by the Obama administration would probably remain intact.

When asked if he would like to see steps taken to take apart the deal, which was more than a decade in the making, Ryan said no.

"A lot of that toothpaste is already out of the tube. I never supported the deal in the first place; I thought it was a huge mistake, but the multilateral sanctions are done," he told NBC's "Meet the Press."

"I don't think you're going to go back and reconstitute the multilateral sanctions that were put in place."

US President Donald Trump said several times during his campaign that he would "tear up" the deal if he could, though he tempered those remarks by saying that a deal was a deal and he wasn't sure the US could get out of it.