Iran signals ability to restore nuclear program

Iranian president said his country could restore elements of its nuclear program that were halted under its deal if world powers that backed the agreement don’t live up to their end of the bargain.
President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks televised on state TV on Wednesday, a day ahead of the one-year anniversary of the deal between Tehran and the United States and other world powers. The agreement called for caps on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
The deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of powers (Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States) limited Tehran’s atomic program in return for the lifting of some international sanctions, which took effect in January.
Despite the lifting of nuclear-related penalties, Washington and the EU maintain some sanctions on Iran over its human rights record and ballistic missile testing.
Separately, a diplomatic source said Tehran has summoned the French ambassador and lodged a formal protest over a rally outside Paris held by an exiled opposition group last weekend.
The National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI), which includes the former rebel People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK), claimed that 100,000 Iranians attended the annual rally at Le Bourget, near Paris, on Saturday.

Source: Arab News