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President Rouhani warns that White House failure to uphold Iran nuclear deal would prompt firm reaction from Tehran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called on US President Donald Trump to uphold the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, or "face severe consequences".
In a televised speech, Rouhani said the "Iranian government will react firmly" if the White House fails to "live up to their commitments" under the agreement.
The warning comes weeks in advance of a May 12 deadline for Trump to renew the deal.
The US president has previously said he would scrap the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which he has called the "worst deal in history", unless "a better option" is presented to him.
[...] The landmark deal reached in Lausanne, Switzerland in April 2015 with China, Russia, France, Great Britain, Germany and the US offered Iran more than $110bn a year in sanctions relief and a return to the global economy in exchange for halting its drive for a nuclear weapon.
(Score: 4, Funny) by tangomargarine on Tuesday April 24 2018, @09:20PM (3 children)
How many things has Trump called "the worst deal in history" now?
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @09:41PM
Not nearly enough. All of them were pretty bad deals.
(Score: 4, Informative) by JNCF on Tuesday April 24 2018, @11:02PM (1 child)
At least three (this, NAFTA, and the TPP), if you include equivalent phrasings such as "worst deal ever."
And what was the worst deal in history? I'm tentatively nominating the Treaty of Versailles, since it arguably led to World War II.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @11:18PM
That started the slippery slope.
But... who will build the Roads?