Trump distorts Rouhani’s words on uranium enrichment
Tehran (KNA) - US President Donald Trump has distorted remarks by his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, regarding Tehran’s uranium enrichment plans in reciprocation of Washington’s unilateral exit from a 2015 nuclear deal and the other parties’ failure to keep their side of the accord.
On Wednesday, Rouhani said Iran would surpass the limit placed by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the level of purity of the uranium it produces when the July 7 deadline set by Tehran for the remaining deal partners expires.
"The level of uranium enrichment will no longer stay at 3.67 percent," the Iranian president said. "This commitment [taken under the nuclear deal] will be set aside, and we will enhance [the enrichment level] to whatever amount, which we deem necessary and need."
Reacting to Rouhani's comments, Trump tried to suggest that Iran was seeking a "new deal."
In a tweet, he claimed Rouhani had threatened to increase uranium enrichment if there is no "new Nuclear Deal."
The US president pulled the US out of the JCPOA last May, calling it the "worst deal ever negotiated," leaving the fate of the landmark diplomatic achievement in doubt.
Washington then unleashed a campaign of "maximum pressure" on Iran in an attempt to force Tehran into negotiating a "new deal," which would cover the Islamic Republic's conventional missile activities and its counter-terrorism role in the region.
Source: PressTV