Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed the suggestion that the 2015 nuclear deal should be replaced with a “Trump deal.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson floated the idea of replacing the nuclear pact, which was meant to curb Iran’s nuclear program, with a new deal negotiated by President Trump.
“President Trump is a great deal maker, by his own account. Let’s work together to replace the [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] and get the Trump deal instead,” Johnson said Tuesday.
Trump agreed with Johnson in a tweet, but Rouhani rejected the “strange” idea.
“This Mr. Prime Minister in London, I don’t know how he thinks,” Rouhani said in a speech, according to Reuters. “He says, let’s put aside the nuclear deal and put the Trump plan in action. … The right path is to return to the nuclear deal.”
Britain, Germany, and France moved toward implementing more sanctions against Iran on Tuesday after Tehran said it would not comply with any restrictions on enriching uranium following the U.S. strike that killed top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani.
Trump withdrew from the pact in 2018 and has imposed several rounds of sanctions on Iran, which has responded by gradually exceeding many of the limitations it agreed to in the deal.
