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Iran warns reaction in case of U.S. breach of deal promise

Xinhua, August 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran may launch an advanced uranium enrichment program in case the United States fails to fulfill its commitments under a nuclear deal reached last year between Iran and the world powers, Press TV reported on Tuesday.

The United States reneging on its promises under the nuclear agreement runs counter to the nuclear deal, the spokesman for the Iranian Parliament's presiding board Behrouz Nemati told Iranian state TV.

"The deal is a comprehensive collection and if the United States does not fully implement it, we will respond," he said without detailing the U.S. "failures" to meet its obligations.

Nearly six months after the implementation of the nuclear deal, big banks refrain from implementing the agreement and only small ones are conducting limited transactions with Iran, he added.

The lawmaker's words echoed Monday's remarks of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who said that the experience of Iranians about the failure of the United States in fulfilling its obligations pertaining to a nuclear deal showed that it can never be trusted.

"The United States has violated its obligations over the nuclear deal and is busy destroying Iran's economic ties with other countries," Khamenei said.

"The oppressive sanctions were supposed to be lifted quickly so that it could positively impact people's lives," he said. "However, after six months, no tangible changes have occurred."

The nuclear deal, reached between Iran and world powers in July last year, was implemented in January. The deal saw Iran scrapping major part of its nuclear program in return for the removal of Western and international sanctions.

The United Sates still maintains sanctions on Iran over alleged violations of human rights and support of terrorism, which Iran denies.

Also, Washington has recently blacklisted some Iranian and foreign entities for alleged involvement in Iran's missile program.

The restrictions bar U.S. companies as well as international companies from undertaking business transactions with Iran's government. Endit