Iran may retaliate over US nuclear pullout in days
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is said to be likely to announce ‘step-by-step plans’ for ‘reciprocal measures’ for the US withdrawal from a 2015 multilateral deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action under which Iran agreed to halt its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of biting sanctions. – EPA pic, May 6, 2019.
IRAN may announce retaliatory moves against the United States on the one-year anniversary of the US pullout from the nuclear deal on Wednesday, the semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The US unilaterally withdrew on May 8, 2018 from the 2015 multilateral deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action under which Iran agreed to halt its nuclear programme in exchange for the lifting of biting sanctions.
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