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Russia: UN should review Trump’s exit from Iran deal

By Joel Gehrke
Published September 4, 2018 7:34pm ET
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Russia: UN should review Trump’s exit from Iran deal
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United Nations Security Council diplomats should review President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal at a coming high-level meeting in New York, according to a senior Russian diplomat.

“We hope very much aspects linked with the United States’ withdrawal from the JCPOA will be tackled,” deputy ambassador Dmitry Polyansky said, according to state-run media, using the formal acronym for the 2015 nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

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