Economics
Iran Set to Scale Back Nuclear Commitments as U.S. Tensions Rise
- State-run news agency says Iran will stay in the nuclear deal
- Rouhani is expected to make formal announcement on Wednesday
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Iran signaled Monday that it may scale back some commitments made as part of the 2015 nuclear deal in response to tightening U.S. sanctions, a move that could escalate tensions after the Trump administration deployed an aircraft carrier to the Gulf.
Iran does not plan to follow Trump in abandoning the accord, which curbed its nuclear program in return for an end to some sanctions, but is set to make minor and general reductions to some of its commitments, an Iranian official involved with its implementation was cited as saying by the state-run Iranian Students News Agency.