Iran to finalise its next nuclear step

The shrine of Iran's revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini is seen, just outside of Tehran, Iran. File picture: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

The shrine of Iran's revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini is seen, just outside of Tehran, Iran. File picture: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP

Published Jan 5, 2020

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Dubai - Iran will decide on Sunday about

its next step to further roll back its commitments to a 2015

nuclear deal with major powers, Iranian Foreign Ministry

spokesman was quoted as saying, days after the US killing of

top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.

President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the

2015 agreement between Tehran and six major powers in 2018 and

reimpoised sanctions on Iran that have crippled its economy.

Hostilities between the countries escalated sharply after

Friday's U.S. drone attack in Baghdad that killed Soleimani.

"Tonight, there will be a very important meeting to decide

about our next nuclear step and the implementation of the deal

... considering the recent threats (by America) it should be

underlined that in politics, all developments and threats are

linked to each other," spokesman Abbas Mousavi was quoted as

saying by state news agency IRNA.

In reaction to the U.S. policy of "maximum pressure" since

Trump pulled out of the nuclear agreement, Iran has gradually

distanced itself from the deal, under which Tehran undertook to

curb its nuclear activity in exchange for a lifting of many

international sanctions.

Iran has warned that it will further decrease its

commitments if European parties to the agreement fail to shield

Tehran's economy from U.S. penalties.

In November, Iran gave Britain, France and Germany a third

60-day deadline to salvage the deal or face a further decrease

of Iran's commitments to nuclear pact. 

Reuters

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