Dubai - Iran will decide on Sunday about
its next step to further roll back its commitments to a 2015
nuclear deal with major powers, Iranian Foreign Ministry
spokesman was quoted as saying, days after the US killing of
top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.
President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the
2015 agreement between Tehran and six major powers in 2018 and
reimpoised sanctions on Iran that have crippled its economy.
Hostilities between the countries escalated sharply after
Friday's U.S. drone attack in Baghdad that killed Soleimani.
"Tonight, there will be a very important meeting to decide
about our next nuclear step and the implementation of the deal
... considering the recent threats (by America) it should be
underlined that in politics, all developments and threats are
linked to each other," spokesman Abbas Mousavi was quoted as
saying by state news agency IRNA.
In reaction to the U.S. policy of "maximum pressure" since
Trump pulled out of the nuclear agreement, Iran has gradually
distanced itself from the deal, under which Tehran undertook to
curb its nuclear activity in exchange for a lifting of many
international sanctions.
Iran has warned that it will further decrease its
commitments if European parties to the agreement fail to shield
Tehran's economy from U.S. penalties.
In November, Iran gave Britain, France and Germany a third
60-day deadline to salvage the deal or face a further decrease
of Iran's commitments to nuclear pact.