Russia to honor Iran nuclear deal so long as others

Russia's Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow would honor its commitments on the Iran nuclear deal for as long as other countries did, the Interfax news agency reported.

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Date: 05 May 2018 - 13:11

TEHRAN(defapress) - U.S. President Donald Trump faces a May 12 deadline to decide whether to pull the United States out of the 2015 agreement. Trump has repeatedly warned that he might ultimately terminate the agreement reached under his predecessor Barack Obama.

Moscow has repeatedly said it wants the deal left intact.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday Russia would deem any changes to the deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), to be unacceptable too.

Other parties to the agreement have all criticized the US president's hostile views, saying the deal is sound and has proven to be functioning.

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