29 Mar 2024
Wednesday 16 May 2018 - 13:03
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Iran will not surrender to US pressure, even threats of war - Rouhani



Sputnik - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stated that Tehran will not surrender to the US pressure, sanctions and even threats of war, Iranian state-run news agency ISNA reports.


The statement appeared amidrising tensions betweenthe two countries afterTrump's decision towithdraw fromthe Iranian nuclear deal.
"They think they can make the Iranian nation surrender byputting pressures onIran, bysanctions and even threats ofwar The Iranian nation will resist againstthe US plots," Rouhani was quoted assaying bythe ISNA news agency.


US President Donald Trump announced the US withdrawal fromthe JCPOA last Tuesday and outlined plans tore-impose sanctions onIran which had been lifted aspart ofthe accord. Other signatories tothe JCPOA, however, criticized Trumps decision tounilaterally pull out.

The JCPOA signed byIran, the P5+1, and EU in2015 requires Tehran tomaintain a peaceful nuclear program inexchange forsanctions relief. Iran has been infull compliance withthe terms ofthe JCPOA asverified in11 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection reports released sincethe deals inception.




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