Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday US President Donald Trump made a stupid mistake by pulling out of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, and called on Washington to lift its sanctions.
Trump pulled Washington out of the pact in 2018, saying it did not go far enough to limit Tehran’s missile program and influence in the region.
“Trump made a stupid mistake by exiting the nuclear deal,” Rouhani said, Reuters reported.
“If America wants to return to the deal, it should lift all the sanctions on Tehran and compensate for the reimposition of sanctions ... Iran will give a crushing response if the arms embargo on Tehran is extended,” Rouhani added.
Tehran has progressively scaled back its commitments to the JCPOA in retaliation to the US pullout and what it sees as European inaction to salvage the accord.
Earlier on Sunday, Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary, Ali Shamkhani, warned that the deal would "die forever" if the embargo is extended.
Accoridng to AFP, Tehran has in the past threatened to retaliate against any reimposition of UN sanctions by withdrawing from the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
