Iran will continue scaling back compliance with a nuclear deal unless other signatories to the pact show “positive signals”, the Iranian President said on Saturday. “Obviously, Iran cannot stick to this agreement unilaterally,” President Hassan Rouhani told Russian, Chinese and other Asian leaders at a conference in Tajikistan. “It is necessary that all the sides of this agreement contribute to restoring it,” he said, adding that Iran needed to see “positive signals” from other signatories to the pact, which include Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would adhere to the agreement and urged other signatories to follow suit. “We believe that the only sensible decision is for all deal participants to honour commitments,” Mr. Putin told the conference.

Source: The Hindu June 15, 2019 16:41 UTC