Iran’s president said his country would fiercely resist efforts to contain its regional influence as President Donald Trumpweighs withdrawing from the nuclear deal, a scenario that threatens to escalate the country’s destabilizing rivalry with Saudi Arabia. In defiant speeches on Monday and over the weekend, President Hassan Rouhani offered the clearest glimpse yet of how his country plans to react if Mr. Trump withdraws from the nuclear pact by a self-imposed deadline on Saturday. Mr. Rouhani rejected a series of concessions...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 07, 2018 17:45 UTC