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Iran rejects hopes of rewriting nuke deal

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TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday rejected any hopes of rewriting a nuclear deal with world powers, after the leaders of the United States and France suggested a new pact covering Tehran’s missile programme and regional interventions. “We have an agreement called the JCPOA,” said Rouhani in a fiery speech, using the technical name for the 2015 deal that curbed Iran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief. “It will either last or not. If the JCPOA stays, it stays in full.” He was responding to statements in Washington by French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart Donald Trump, in which they proposed a new deal with tougher restrictions on Iran. In Iran, Rouhani responded by ridiculing Trump, saying: “You have no expertise in politics, nor in law, nor in international accords.” — Reuters


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