Iran rejects Trump demands for renegotiation of nuclear deal

Arrests hit 8,000 as protest enters 3rd week in Iran

Arrests hit 8,000 as protest enters 3rd week in Iran

The US Congress requires the president to approve sanctions waivers related to the deal - signed by Iran, the US, the United Kingdom, Russia, France, Germany, China and the European Union - every 120 days.

"In the absence of such an agreement, the United States will not again waive sanctions in order to stay in the Iran nuclear deal".

"In what we heard yesterday, I don't see any invitation for Iran to enter dialogue", he said.

US President Donald Trump announced on Friday he would not reimpose nuclear sanctions on Iran, keeping a landmark 2015 deal alive for now.

"Instead, I have outlined two possible paths forward: either fix the deal's disastrous flaws, or the United States will withdraw".

The 2015 deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was signed by the USA under the previous administration of president Barack Obama as well as Iran, China, Russia, Britain, France and Germany.

Iran said on Saturday it would retaliate against new sanctions imposed by the United States after President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix "disastrous flaws" in a deal curbing Tehran's nuclear programme.

That follow-on agreement must eliminate sunset provisions included in the 2015 agreement, according to the White House, which objects to the fact some restrictions on Iran's nuclear program expire after between 10 and 25 years. The European Union has also imposed penalties against Moscow, prompting it to retaliate with banning food imports from countries that sanction Russian Federation.

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As Trump agreed to the sanctions relief, US Department of Treasury said on Friday that it has imposed new sanctions on 14 individuals and entities over Iran's alleged human rights abuses and ballistic missile program, including head of Iran's judiciary and the cyber unit of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps. "Rather than repeating exhausted rhetoric, U.S. must bring itself into full compliance - just like Iran".

Mr Zarif responded on Twitter that the deal was not renegotiable and that Mr Trump's stance "amounts to desperate attempts to undermine a solid multilateral agreement".

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Trump and his top advisers have been negotiating with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill to try to change sanctions legislation so that he does not face a deadline on whether to recertify Iranian compliance with the nuclear deal every 90 days.

This would not entail negotiations with Iran but would be the result of talks with European allies, the official said. These penalties largely cut Iran out of the global financial system, until they were suspended by Obama under the nuclear deal.

The EU said in a statement it had taken note of Trump's decision and would assess its implications.

Trump will next have to deal with these decisions in mid-May.

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