Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that the United States would regret withdrawing from the nuclear deal, and that Iran would respond in “less than a week” if that happened. “We will not be the first to violate the accord but they should definitely know that they will regret it if they violate it,” Rouhani told a conference to mark National Nuclear Technology Day in Tehran. “Even if one day (the US) can harm the JCPOA, we will be the winner in the public opinion of the world as the nation that stuck by its commitments,” Rouhani said. Our relations with our neighbours will be friendly relations,” Rouhani said. He also took aim at his hardline opponents on the domestic front, who have criticised his efforts to reach out to the West.

Source: Hindustan Times April 09, 2018 08:03 UTC