- Title: Five years on from the Iranian nuclear deal
- Date: 13th July 2020
- Summary: The United States announced a new raft of sanctions on Iran on November 5, 2018 and threatened further action to pressure its old adversary, steps the Islamic Republic vowed to defy. WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE - NOVEMBER 5, 2018) (STATE TV) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO AND U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN WALKING INTO ROOM (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO, SAYING: "Our objective is to starve the Iranian regime of the revenue it uses to fund violent and destabilizing activities throughout the Middle East and indeed around the world. Our ultimate goal is to convince the regime to abandon its current revolutionary course." U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN APPROACHING PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY ,STEVEN MNUCHIN, SAYING: "Today we sanctioned more than 700 individuals, entities, aircraft and vessels as part of Treasury's largest ever single day action targeting Iran."
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- Keywords: Barack Obama Donald Trump decision Ernest Moniz Federica Mogherini Hassan Rouhani Iran Iran nuclear deal Javad Zarif John Kerry Lavrov Mohammad Javad Zarif Tanker US withdrawing from deal United Nations Zarif ali akbar salehi drone nuclear facilities sanctions on Iran test missiles
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- Country: Iran
- Topics: Government/Politics
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- Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: 14 JULY MARKS FIVE YEARS SINCE AGREEMENT REACHED WITH IRAN OVER ITS NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES
The Iran nuclear deal was left hanging by a thread in 2020 after Tehran announced it would abandon limitations on enriching uranium - a move Germany's Foreign Minister Heiko Maas warned could be the beginning of the end of the nuclear accord.
The deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for economic sanctions relief was agreed in 2015 between Iran and six major world powers.
Iran had been expected to lay out its latest position on the deal earlier this year, but after the U.S. drone killing of top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani there was a major escalation of hostilities with Washington.
Tehran had already been overstepping limits on its nuclear activities in response to the U.S. withdrawal from the deal in 2018 and the subsequent reimposition of sanctions that have crippled Iran's oil trade.
European governments have sought to rescue the accord.
Tehran said it would continue to cooperate with the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog and said it can quickly reverse the steps it is taking if U.S. sanctions are removed. - Copyright Holder: STATE DEPARTMENT TV
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