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Iran calls for signatories to save nuclear deal after US exit
In a phone call to French President Emmanuel Macron, Rouhani said Iran wanted the Europeans to give guarantees on banking channels
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged the remaining signatories to its 2015 nuclear agreement to act to save the pact, though France’s leader called again for broader talks on Tehran’s missile programme. In a phone call to French President Emmanuel Macron, Rouhani said Iran wanted the Europeans to give guarantees on banking channels and oil sales as well as in the field of insurance and transportation, according to the state-run Iranian news agency IRNA. "Iran has acted upon all its promises in the nuclear agreement and, with attention to the one-sided withdrawal of America … expects the remaining partners to operate their programmes more quickly and transparently," Rouhani was quoted as saying. Rouhani was speaking in the light of US sanctions reimposed by Washington after President Donald Trump pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers in May. Macron reiterated France’s commitment to maintaining the accord, a remark aimed at soothing Tehran. But he repea...
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