State admits: Nuke deal may have emboldened Iran

The State Department can’t rule out the possibility that last year’s nuclear agreement has emboldened Iran into becoming more confrontational with the United States.

“I can’t rule that out,” department spokesman Mark Toner said when asked on Tuesday. “Iran, like many countries, has an internal political process that’s defined by a lot of different dynamics, but I can’t give an assessment in that regard one way or the other.”