Iranians to start work on nuclear-powered ships in preparing for US sanctions
Tehran — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani ordered his scientists on Tuesday to start work on nuclear-powered ships in the expectation of the US renewing sanctions. In letters read out on state TV, Rouhani said such a renewal would be a breach of last year’s nuclear accord and told Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation to start work on "planning the design and production of nuclear fuel and reactors for maritime transport." He said he had ordered the foreign ministry to prepare a complaint to the international committee that oversees the nuclear accord. Under the deal signed in July 2015, world powers agreed to lift sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran’s nuclear programme. US legislators voted recently to renew 10-year-old sanctions legislation against Iran related not just to nuclear issues, but also ballistic missile-testing and human rights.
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