Rouhani: Iran Can Quit Nuke Deal ’In Hours’ If US Keeps On Its Policies
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned that his country could easily abandon its nuclear deal with world powers within hours if the US sticks to its policies of "sanctions and coercion."
"The failed experience of sanctions and coercion brought their previous administrations to the negotiating table," Rouhani told the parliament in a televised speech on Tuesday.
Rouhani warned that Iran was ready to walk out of the deal, which saw the lifting of most international sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear program, if Washington persisted.
"If they want to go back to that experience, definitely in a short time -- not weeks or months, but in the scale of hours and days -- we will return to our previous situation very much stronger."
Rouhani's comments come with the nuclear deal under mounting pressure after Tehran carried out missile tests and strikes, and Washington imposed new sanctions -- with each accusing the other of violating the spirit of the agreement.
He further noted that the speech that his US counterpart Donald Trump had shown the world he was "not a good partner" by threatening to tear up the 2015 nuclear deal.
"In recent months, the world has witnessed that the US, in addition to its constant and repetitive breaking of its promises in the JCPOA [nuclear deal], has ignored several other global agreements and shown its allies that the US is neither a good partner nor a reliable negotiating party," Rouhani told parliament.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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