EU consults nuclear deal partners as Iran warns of new steps

President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Rouhani warned European partners in its faltering nuclear deal on Wednesday that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to "any amount that we want" beginning on Sunday, putting pressure on them to offer a way around intense U.S. sanctions targeting the country. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels, Thursday, June 20, 2019. European Union leaders meet in Brussels for a two-day summit to begin the process of finalizing candidates for the bloc's top jobs. (Julien Warnand, Pool Photo via AP)

July 04, 2019

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to "any amount that we want" beginning on Sunday, ramping up pressure on European nations to save the faltering nuclear deal from the damage inflicted by U.S. sanctions.

Iran announced Monday that it had already breached the pact's limitations on stockpiles of low-enriched uranium. A spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini — a guarantor of the 2015 pact — said Thursday that "we've called on Iran to reverse these steps and to refrain from further measures that would undermine the nuclear agreement."

Subjects
People
- Hassan Rouhani,
- Federica Mogherini
Locations
- Europe,
- Iran,
- Middle East
Organisations
- European Union