Iran threatens action on renewed sanctions
Iran said yesterday the US Senate’s vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for 10 years violated the 2015 deal with six major powers that curbed its nuclear programme and threatened to retaliate. The ISA was first adopted in 1996 to punish investments in Iran’s energy industry and deter its pursuit of nuclear weapons. US officials said the ISA’s renewal would not violate the nuclear agreement between Tehran and six major powers, under which Iran curbed its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of Western sanctions. “The extension ...
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