Iran rolls back pledges under nuclear pact abandoned by Washington | World News, The Indian Express

Iran rolls back pledges under nuclear pact abandoned by Washington | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Windsor |Updated: May 8, 2019 5:56:45 pm

Iran rolls back pledges under nuclear pact abandoned by Washington

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted: "After a year of patience, Iran stops measures that US has made impossible to continue." Zarif said the remaining countries had a "narrowing window" to save the deal.

The Trump administration argues that the deal, negotiated by his predecessor Barack Obama, was flawed because it is not permanent, does not address Iran’s missile programme and does not punish Iran for meddling in the affairs of other countries. (Photo: AP)

Iran announced on Wednesday it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear programme under a 2015 deal with world powers, and threatened to do more — including enriching uranium to a higher level — if countries did not shield it from US sanctions. A year after Washington pulled out of the nuclear deal, President Hassan Rouhani unveiled measures that do not appear to violate its terms yet, but could do so in the future if Iran were to persist on the course he set out.