Russian FM says Moscow opposes US effort to adjust Iran deal

15 January 2018, 3:54 pm

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow opposes altering the Iran nuclear deal, after US President Donald Trump called for adjusting the 2015 agreement meant to limit Tehran’s nuclear program.

“We will not support what the United States is trying to do, changing the wording of the agreement, incorporating things that will be absolutely unacceptable for Iran,” Lavrov says at press conference in Moscow, according to Reuters.

He also says changing the deal will only harden North Korea’s refusal to give up its nuclear weapons.

“If the deal is put aside and Iran is told, ‘you keep up with your obligations or we will impose sanctions again,’ then you have to see it from North Korea’s point of view,” he says.