Iran threatens US over plans to renegotiate nuclear deal

Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has issued a note of warning to the US for trying to renegotiate a nuclear deal, threatening that a withdrawal from the pact would result in its termination.

Zaif said US bears sole responsibility for fate of the deal, as he warned against terminating the pact.

“Iran stands firm in the face of futile attempts at bullying,” Zarif said in a recorded message on Thursday.

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“If the US continues to violate the agreement, or if it withdraws altogether, we will exercise our right to respond in a manner of our choosing,” he said referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

The threat is coming days after Morocco cut ties with Iran after accusing Tehran of supporting the Polisario Front, a Western Saharan independence movement.

Rabat also accused Tehran of providing financial and logistic support to Polisario Front through Lebanese proxy Hezbollah a claim which Iran has denied.

 

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