Iran to determine its move on nuclear deal tonight reports state media

Iran will determine on Sunday regarding its next move to further roll back its confinements to a 2015 nuclear deal with major powers, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted saying, times following the U.S. killing of highest Iranian military officer Qassem Soleimani.

President Donald Trump drew the United States out of the 2015 deal between Tehran and six influential powers in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Iran that have paralysed its economy. 

Resentments between the countries intensified sharply after Friday’s U.S. airstrike near Baghdad international airport that killed Soleimani.

“Tonight, there will be a highly significant meeting to determine our subsequent atomic step and the implementation of the deal. Acknowledging the novel threats (by America) it should be indicated that in politics, all developments and threats are linked to each other,” spokesman Abbas Mousavi was quoted as stating by state news agency IRNA.

In response to the U.S. policy of “maximum pressure” since Trump drew out of the nuclear agreement, Iran has deliberately distanced itself from the deal, under which Tehran undertook to curb its nuclear activity in substitution for a lifting of many international sanctions.

Iran has warned that it will further decrease its commitments if European parties to the agreement fail to shield Tehran’s economy from U.S. penalties.

In November, Iran gave Britain, France and Germany a third 60-day deadline to salvage the deal or face a further decrease of Iran’s commitments to the nuclear pact.