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Iran: Washington Will Pay High Price If It Pulls Out of Nuclear Deal

Iran: Washington Will Pay High Price If It Pulls Out of Nuclear Deal
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Washington against walking out of the Iran nuclear deal, telling CNN that the exit touted by Donald Trump would taint the US's reputation as a reliable partner and quickly be followed by repercussions.

Iran: Washington Will Pay High Price If It Pulls Out of Nuclear Deal

In an interview to CNN ahead of the annual session of the UN General Assembly on Monday, Rouhani warned the US that quitting the deal would "yield no results for the United States but at the same time it will generally decrease and cut away and chip away at international trust placed in the United States of America."

The Iranian President believes such a decision to be essentially pointless, given that "exiting such an agreement would carry a high cost" for the US, a step that he said ordinary Americans would not approve.

"I do not believe Americans would be willing to pay such a high cost for something that will be useless for them," he said.

The Americans will find it hard to persuade other countries such as North Korea that it is worth negotiating with them if they scrap the deal unilaterally, Rouhani argued.

"Why would the North Koreans waste their time to sit around the table of dialogue with the United States, because they would think perhaps after years of talks and a potential agreement the next US administration could step over or pull out of the agreement," Rouhani said.

In case the White House decides to go ahead with its repeated threats to disown the deal struck by the previous administration, Iran would ensure the US faces an appropriate response "probably within a week," he said, noting that the since US president's "actions and reactions and policies are somewhat unpredictable," potential countermeasures have been well thought out in advance.

"If the US wants to increase tensions, it will see the reaction from Iran," he said.

Rouhani's comments followed Iran's Supreme Leader's stance, His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, in which he issued a warning to US saying that Iran would not tolerate US attempts to undermine the deal, vowing a strong response to "any wrong move" from Washington.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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