Irani President, Hussain Rouhani has warned the US that Iran could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers within hours if the United States keeps on imposing new sanctions. “The failed experience of sanctions and coercion brought their previous administrations to the negotiating table,” Rouhani said in the televised address. Rouhani said Trump had shown he was an unreliable partner not just for Iran but for US allies. He also said that 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’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.
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 programme if Washington persisted.