Rouhani says Tehran will remain in nuclear deal if its benefits are guaranteed

FAN Editor 6 years ago
Iranian President Rouhani attends a news conference in Vienna
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a news conference in Vienna, Austria, July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

July 4, 2018

VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran will remain in its 2015 nuclear deal only if its benefits are guaranteed by other signatories after the United States withdrew from the accord, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a news conference on Wednesday.

Rouhani said the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal was “illegal”. “Not the United States, not any other country would benefit from this decision to withdraw from the accord,” Rouhani said in the news conference, which was broadcast live on Iranian state television.

(Reporting by Francois Murphy in Vienna and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin in London; Editing by Catherine Evans)

Free America Network Articles

Leave a Reply

Next Post

Poor wage growth down to ‘superstar’ tech firms, OECD says

Wed Jul 4 , 2018
The emergence of “superstar” tech firms is hurting the pay packets of workers, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Wednesday. The OECD’s annual employment outlook said wage growth in many countries it examined is failing to keep pace with improvements in productivity. Wage growth after factoring in […]

You May Like