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Trump threatens 'severe consequences' if Iran resumes nuclear program
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Washington (AFP) May 9, 2018

Arab League calls for revision of Iran nuclear deal
Cairo (AFP) May 9, 2018 - The Arab League on Wednesday called for the Iran nuclear deal to be revised, a day after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the historic accord.

"It's necessary to revise the agreement," Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit said, expressing the "exasperation" of Arab nations in the face of the "destabilising politics" of Iran in the region.

His comments came after Trump defied the wishes of the other parties to the nuclear deal -- France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China -- by announcing the US would pull out of the accord and impose new sanctions on Tehran.

The agreement puts limits on Iran's nuclear programme in exchange of the lifting of international sanctions.

Iran's regional foe Saudi Arabia said it "supports and welcomes" Trump's decision, while Riyadh's Gulf allies the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain also backed the US.

At an Arab League summit last month hosted by Saudi Arabia, the country's King Salman said the regional body agreed to "renew our strong condemnation of Iran's terrorist acts in the Arab region and reject its blatant interference in the affairs of Arab countries".

US President Donald Trump warned of "very severe consequences" if Iran resumes its nuclear program, one day after pulling out of a landmark multilateral nuclear accord.

Asked how he would respond if Tehran restarted its nuclear efforts, Trump threatened that "Iran will find out."

"I would advise Iran not to start their nuclear program; I would advise them very strongly," the US president told reporters at the White House. "If they do, there will be very severe consequences."

Trump's move undercut more than a decade and a half of diplomacy by Britain, China, France, Germany, Iran, Russia and past US administration, which had resulted in the deal that lifted sanctions on Iran in exchange for limits on its nuclear program.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had warned his country could resume uranium enrichment "without limit" but would refrain from doing so for now.

Other world powers have vowed to uphold the landmark deal, which places restrictions on Iran's nuclear program and subjects it to international inspections.

US withdrawal, however, puts at risk billions of dollars of foreign investment in Iran and is likely to sharpen tensions in the Middle East.

In announcing the US pullout Tuesday, Trump dismissed the accord as an "embarrassment" that was "defective at its core" and called for a "new and lasting deal."


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Europeans will 'do everything' to protect companies in Iran
Paris (AFP) May 9, 2018
European officials will "do everything" possible to protect the interests of companies working in Iran, which may now be exposed to new US sanctions against the country, an official in the French presidency said Wednesday. Following President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and reimpose sanctions, European governments are going "to do everything to protect the interests" of their companies, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity. French diplo ... read more

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