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GENEVA (Reuters) - Iran will take another step to reduce its
compliance with a landmark 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday without
elaborating, according to parliamentary news agency ICANA.
Iran has repeatedly said it will reduce its commitment to the
nuclear accord in stages and may even withdrew from the pact
altogether unless the remaining signatories find ways to shield
its economy from U.S. sanctions. Washington pulled out of the
deal last year.
"The third step in reducing commitments to (the nuclear deal)
will be implemented in the current situation," he said.
"We have said that if (the deal) is not completely implemented
by others then we will also implement it in the same incomplete
manner. And of course all of our actions have been within the
framework of (the deal)."
Last month, Iran threatened to restart deactivated centrifuges
and ramp up enrichment of uranium to 20% purity in a move away
from the nuclear deal.
Iranian officials have said that all of Tehran's moves in
reducing its commitments to the nuclear deal are reversible as
long as the remaining signatories uphold their commitments.
Fears of a Middle East war with global repercussions have risen
since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew last year from the
2015 deal and revived a panoply of sanctions meant to push
Tehran into wider security concessions.
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Zarif
himself, blocking any property or interests he has in the United
States, although Zarif said he had none.
He added at a charity event on Friday night that he is proud to
be sanctioned by America for defending the rights of Iranian
people, the IRIB news agency reported.
(Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Tom Hogue and Hugh
Lawson)
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