Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Iran's President threatens to restart nuclear programme "within hours" if US imposes more sanctions


Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has threatened to restart the country's nuclear programme "within hours" if the US imposes any new sanctions.

Iran agreed a deal with the US and several other major powers to suspend its nuclear activities in 2015...but tensions have been rising once again since US President Donald Trump took office.

Earlier this month...the US passed legislation that requires the president to impose fresh sanctions on individuals involved in Iran's ballistic missile programme.

Our US correspondent Giles Gibson has more:

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