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Iran rejects Trump-Macron nuclear proposals
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IANS | 26 Apr, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday accused the US and its
European allies of violating their commitments with regards to a nuclear
deal that Tehran signed with world powers in 2015.
US President
Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron announced on
Tuesday that they were working on a "new deal" that would expand and
extend the terms of the deal, also known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of
Action (JCPOA).
The JCPOA is an international agreement reached
on July 14, 2015 between Iran and six world countries -- China, France,
Russia, Britain, the US and Germany, plus the EU.
Rouhani in a televised speech in Tabriz city said that Iran won't accept to add or omit even a simple sentence from the JCPOA.
"If
Europe minds to please Trump, they should mind its costs and avoid
putting their hands in the pocket of noble Iranian people," he was
quoted as saying by Islamic Republic News Agency.
The Iranian
President said they (Trump and Macron) had no "right" to renegotiate a
seven-party agreement. He also dismissed Trump as a "tradesman" not
qualified to comment on global treaties, according to a BBC report.
"You
don't have any background in politics," he said. "You don't have any
background in law. You don't have any background on international
treaties."
Trump said the US will reimpose sanctions on Iran
suspended under the deal on May 12 unless Congress and European powers
fixed its "disastrous flaws".
US and European officials were
reported to have made progress on two of his demands -- for Tehran to
give international inspectors immediate access to all sites they want to
see and for Iran to halt development and testing of ballistic missiles.
"Together
with a leader of a European country (the Americans) say: 'We want to
decide on an agreement reached by seven parties,'" Rouhani said.
"For what? With what right?"
Rouhani
said Iran had "shown goodwill to the world" when it signed the accord
and had wanted to prove it did "not seek to acquire weapons of mass
destruction". He had earlier warned the US of "severe consequences" if
it reimposed sanctions.
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| Customs Exchange Rates |
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Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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66.20
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64.50 |
UK Pound
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87.50
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84.65 |
Euro
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78.25
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75.65 |
| Japanese
Yen |
58.85 |
56.85 |
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