- President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday Iran is ‘fully prepared for actions’ if the U.S. pulls out of the nuclear deal
- The U.S. and five other world powers agreed tot he deal with the goal of curbing Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions
- President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to leave the deal
- He warned the U.K., France and Germany in January he wouldn’t waive sanctions come May 12 if they don’t work to fix the deal’s problems
Iran’s atomic agency is ready with ‘expected and unexpected’ reactions if the United States pulls out of the multinational nuclear deal, president Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday.
‘Our Atomic Energy Organization is fully prepared … for actions that they expect and actions they do not expect,’ Rouhani said.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to leave the deal accorded by Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers with the goal of curbing Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions.
He’s called the agreement the worst in history and in January warned the U.K, France and Germany that they must work to fix what the U.S. considers the deal’s flaws or he would not issue new waivers to suspend sanctions.
President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday Iran is ‘fully prepared for actions’ if president Donald Trump decides to pull out of the multinational nuclear deal
U.S. sanctions against Iran will resume unless Trump issues new waivers by the May 12 deadline.
Disarmament ambassador Robert Wood said on Thursday the U.S. has been having ‘intense’ discussions with its European allies ahead of the deadline.
Iran, on its part, has maintained it will respect the agreement as long as the other nations do but will ‘shred’ it if the U.S. pulls out.
According to Iranian state TV, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in new York: ‘Iran has several options if the United States leaves the nuclear deal.
The U.S. and five other world powers agreed to the deal with the goal of curbing Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions
Trump has called the agreement the worst in history and in January warned the U.K, France and Germany that they must work to fix what the U.S. considers the deal’s flaws or he would not issue new waivers to suspend sanctions
‘Tehran’s reaction to America’s withdrawal of the deal will be unpleasant.’
President Rouhani also said his government slapped controls on markets this month to prevent instability in the foreign exchange market with its currency in case the U.S. pulls out.
‘This was a preventative blow against any American decision on May 12.
‘They fully hoped to … cause chaos in the [foreign exchange] market. I promise to the people that the plot of the enemy has been thwarted, and whether or not the nuclear deal remains in effect, we will have no problem,’ Rouhani said.
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