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posted by martyb on Tuesday August 15 2017, @07:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the stepping-back-to-the-brink dept.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40934680

Iran's president has warned that it could restart its nuclear programme "within hours" if the United States imposes any more new sanctions.

Hassan Rouhani also said the programme would be more advanced than in 2015, when Iran curbed its nuclear activities as part of a deal with world powers.

Iran says unilateral US sanctions targeting its ballistic missile programme breach the agreement.

But the US says Iran's missile tests have violated a UN resolution.

The resolution endorsed the nuclear deal and called upon Iran not to "undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology".

Iran says the missiles it has tested are not designed to carry nuclear warheads and insists its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DannyB on Tuesday August 15 2017, @09:56PM (3 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 15 2017, @09:56PM (#554464) Journal

    When Iran signed the "peaceful" nuclear deal in order to develop "peaceful" nuclear energy, Iran's senate shouted "death to America, death to Israel". But you really shouldn't infer anything from that. I mean really, Iran wants nothing but peace. That's why they fund terrorists.

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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by gawdonblue on Tuesday August 15 2017, @10:10PM

    by gawdonblue (412) on Tuesday August 15 2017, @10:10PM (#554469)

    And the Israeli Knesset keeps telling the world it wants peace with its neighbours.

    Actions speak louder than words.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @01:06AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @01:06AM (#554510)

    The US promotes democracy and peace, which is why it's allied with Saudi Arabia, a country that also funds terrorism. I'm sure Iran would be even more unstable had the US not overthrown their democracy a long time ago.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @01:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @01:40PM (#554706)

    I hope you don't expect us to believe that you'd sing _Kumbaya_ to honor a state that overthrew your democratically elected leader, propped up a terrible dictator for decades, then enforced crippling sanctions for more decades in response to you finally getting rid of said dictator.