Iran to build nuclear marine propulsion after U.S. 'violation' of deal

[December 13, 2016]    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani ordered on Tuesday the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran to start planning the development of nuclear marine propulsion in reaction to what he called the United States' violation of the nuclear deal.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes part in a news conference near the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Such propulsion would to be in marine transportation," he said in a letter published on state news agency IRNA.

(Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; editing by John Stonestreet)

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