day ultimatum: Earlier on Thursday, the EU rejected Iran's 60-day ultimatum to protect its oil and banking sectors from American sanctions, according to MSNBC. Tehran said a day earlier it would partially withdraw from aspects of the landmark accord - known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action JCPOA - if EU nations failed to do so. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said the United States had bullied European Union nations and he chided them for not living up to their obligations under the landmark 2015 agreement, which curbed Tehran's nuclear development in return for relief from hard-hitting sanctions. EU statement today is why JCPOA is where it is the US has bullied Europe - and rest of world - for a year and EU can only express regret . Instead of demanding that Iran unilaterally abide by a multilateral accord, EU should uphold obligations - including normalisation of economic ties, Zarif wrote on Twitter. We strongly condemn this step, the foreign ministry said in a statement.// Iran's nuclear programme, explained 5 33 Because of the seriousness of what is happening Iran and world powers should meet to determine ways to normalise the situation it said. Iran's ally Russia on Thursday denounced new US sanctions on Iran's mining industry and called for talks to preserve the nuclear deal with Tehran.
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