Iran's deputy FM: No talks on missile program if nuke deal not 'successful'

Iran’s deputy foreign minister says Tehran will only be open to discussing its ballistic missile program and support for terror groups in the region if the 2015 deal meant to limit its nuclear program is reversed.

“Now they ask Iran to enter discussions on other issues. Our answer is clear: make the (deal) a successful experience and then we discuss other issues,” says Abbas Araqchi at a conference in Paris, according to Reuters.

He calls the Trump administration’s hawkish stance on Iran “destructive,” and says it violated the nuclear deal.

Araqchi is a top Iranian negotiator to the nuclear deal, which US President Donald Trump has vowed to ditch if it is not changed to address issues such as Iran’s ballistic missile program.