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.
(Score: 4, Informative) by jelizondo on Wednesday August 16 2017, @12:54AM (1 child)
In general it seems that governments, particularly the U.S., forget that actions have consequences. In 1953 Mohammad Mosaddegh [wikipedia.org] was overthrown at the instigation of U.S. and U.K. intelligence services.
Then in 1979 the revolution came and who is in power? The Ayatollah Khomeini, who hates the U.S. What reason would the Ayatollah have, eh? We’re great friends willing to lend a hand! Now Mosaddegh is a great hero and the U.S. the enemy.
You reap what you sow, not anything different.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 16 2017, @07:44AM
The middle east is messed up because of the USA.