US sanctions make nuke deal ‘untenable’: Iran official
Recent re-imposition of US sanctions has made 2015 deal ‘much less beneficial’, Iranian deputy FM laments
By Ahmet Dursun
ANKARA
Iran’s deputy foreign minister said Tuesday that recently re-imposed U.S. sanctions had served to make his country’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers “untenable”, warning that Tehran itself could withdraw from the agreement.
Abbas Araqchi described the 2015 deal as a “great political achievement”, reiterating Iran’s commitment to complying with the deal’s terms, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported.
Iran and the P5+1 group of nations (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) signed the deal in July of 2015.
“But the U.S. sanctions, which have been re-imposed despite the International Atomic Energy Agency’s confirmation that Iran has complied with the deal’s terms, have made the agreement much less beneficial,” Araqchi told IRNA.
“The recent re-imposition of sanctions has brought revenue accruing to Iran as a result of the deal almost to zero,” Araqchi lamented.
Tensions between Washington and Tehran have mounted since
In August, the U.S. re-imposed