Press TV reported on Wednesday, citing sources close to Iranian president Hassan Rouhani that Tehran might withdraw from the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons if the UN Security Council puts the issue of the Iranian nuclear deal on the agenda.
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Commenting on the partial suspension of Iranian commitments under the JCPOA, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted earlier in the day it would be premature to hold a UNSC meeting on the matter.
However, other signatories to the accord refused to follow the US decision and confirmed their commitment to the nuclear deal. The European Union also attempted to install the INSTEX special mechanism to continue trade with the Islamic Republic, bypassing the US sanctions.