Republican US Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, predicted on Sunday that President Donald Trump would announce in May Washington’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal signed with Iran in 2015. “The Iran deal will be another issue that’s coming up in May, and right now it doesn’t feel like it’s going to be extended,” Corker told CBS’ “Face the Nation” in an interview broadcast Sunday. “I think the president likely will move away from it unless my, our European counterparts really come together on a framework. And it doesn’t feel to me that they are,” he said. Trump delivered an ultimatum to the European signatories on January 12. It said they must agree to “fix the terrible flaws of the Iran nuclear deal,” which was agreed under his predecessor Barack Obama, or he would refuse to extend US sanctions relief on Iran. US sanctions will resume unless Trump issues fresh “waivers” to suspend them on May 12. Asked if he believed Trump would pull out on May 12, Corker responded, “I do. I do.” Britain, France and Germany have proposed fresh EU sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missiles program and its role in Syria’s war in a bid to persuade Washington to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, according to a confidential document seen by Reuters. The proposal is part of an EU strategy to save the accord signed by world powers that curbs Tehran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons, namely by showing Trump there are other ways to counter Iranian power abroad. Experts are worried that the collapse of the deal would spark a new crisis in the Middle East as Iran would resume its nuclear developments. It has started to hint at this possibility ever since the American administration announced that it may withdraw from the nuclear deal.