NEW YORK CITY: The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog says Iran is complying with the 2015 deal with major world powers aimed at preventing the country from building nuclear weapons. He said on Monday that “Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” referencing the official name of the 2015 deal. The other signatories Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China are trying to keep alive the deal, which offered Iran economic incentives. Iran’s supreme leader has cautioned the country’s government not to pin its hopes on Europe as Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers founders under US pressure. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website quoted him on Monday as saying the landmark 2015 nuclear deal “could not fix our economic problems.”

Source: Pakistan Today March 04, 2019 11:48 UTC