Ball in Europe's court on nuclear deal's future: Iranian state TV
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  • 00:22 30 June 2019

Ball in Europe's court on nuclear deal's future: Iranian state TV

 It is up to Europe to shield Iran from U.S. sanctions and prevent it from further scaling back its compliance with its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers, Iranian state TV said on Saturday, with only days left on Tehran’s ultimatum, ONA rpeorts quoting Reuters, ONA reports quoting Reuters.

Iran’s envoy to a meeting of the remaining signatories to the nuclear accord said on Friday that European countries had offered too little at last-ditch talks to persuade Tehran to drop its plan to breach limits imposed by the deal.

The United States unilaterally withdrew from the accord in 2018 and has re-imposed sanctions on Iran.

Tehran then stopped complying on May 8 with some of its commitments under the nuclear deal. It said it would suspend further obligations after another 60 days, meaning in early July.

“The ball is in Europe’s court. Are Paris, London and Berlin going to again waste a chance under the influence of (U.S. President Donald) Trump, or use the remaining opportunity to fulfill their promises and act on their commitments under the (nuclear deal)?,” Iranian state TV said in a commentary.

Iran will soon exceed an enriched uranium limit set under its nuclear deal after its remaining pact partners fell short of Tehran’s demands to be shielded from U.S. sanctions, the semi-official Fars news agency on Saturday cited an “informed source” as saying.

ONA

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