16 August,2017 09:42 AM IST | Tehran | Agencies
President Hassan Rouhani warned yesterday that Iran could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers within hours if the United States keeps on imposing new sanctions
Hassan Rouhani. Pic/AFP
President Hassan Rouhani warned yesterday that Iran could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers within hours if the United States keeps on imposing new sanctions.
He also hit out at US counterpart Donald Trump saying that he had shown the world that US was "not a good partner".
Rouhani warned that Iran was ready to walk out of the deal, which saw the lifting of most international sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear programme, if Washington persisted. "The failed experience of sanctions and coercion brought their previous administrations to the negotiating table," Rouhani said.
"If they want to go back to that experience, definitely in a short time - in the scale of hours and days - we will return to our previous situation very much more stronger," he said.
