Khamen­ei says 2015 nuclea­r deal did not resolv­e any of econom­ic proble­msLONDON: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei advised the government last July not to rely on European efforts to protect Tehran against US sanctions, months after Washington withdrew from a nuclear deal with Iran and reimposed penalties. Khamenei’s comments were published a week after Rouhani rejected the resignation of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, a US-educated veteran diplomat who championed the nuclear deal. Iran’s Khamenei says the world opposes Trump’s decisionsThe scepticism from Khamenei casts doubt on efficiency of Zarif’s past and present efforts to keep the agreement alive. Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal in 2015 after more than a decade of negotiations. Iran has threatened to pull out of the deal unless the European powers enable it to receive economic benefits.

Source: The Express Tribune March 04, 2019 09:56 UTC