Iran will abandon more nuclear deal commitments on 7 July, the country’s Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, said on Tuesday, according to the Fars news agency.
He said that European signatories to the nuclear deal had not done enough to save it.
The 2015 deal requires Iran to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of sanctions – which the US re-imposed after withdrawing from the deal last year.
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On Monday, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions against Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior figures.
Sanctions against foreign minister Mohmmad Javad Zarif are expected later this week.
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Iran claims that in this picture released by Iran state TV, their surface-to-air missile is seen as it shoots down a US surveillance drone
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This photo shows US RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned surveillance drone. A drone of this model was shot down by Iran on Thursday 21 June
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An oil tanker is on fire after it was subject to a suspected attacked at the Gulf of Oman on June 13. The US has blamed Iran for the attack
Reuters
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Iran claims that in this picture released by Iran state TV, debris from the downed US drone is seen after it was recovered from Iranian waters
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Smoke billows from an oil tanker after it was subject to a suspected attacked at the Gulf of Oman on June 13
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US President Trump holds up a signed executive order to increase sanctions on Iran on 24 June
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Iranian President Rouhani stated in a televised address that the White House is “afflicted by mental retardation” following the increase in sanctions on 25 June
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An Iranian navy boat tackles the fire on the Norwegian owned Front Altair oil tanker after it was hit in a suspected attack
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Iran claims that in this picture released by Iran state TV, debris from the downed US drone is seen after it was recovered from Iranian waters
AFP/Getty
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Smoke billows from an oil tanker after it was subject to a suspected attacked at the Gulf of Oman on June 13
Reuters
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A screenshot from a video released by the US Department of Defense that the US claims to show Iranian removing an unexploded limpet mine form the hull of the Japan-owned ship that was attacked in the Gulf of Oman on June 13
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An item reportedly found on the Japan-owned oil tanker that was attacked on June 13 in the Gulf of Oman
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A handout photograph from the US Department of Defense shows a composite material that the US claim was left behind on the hull of the Japan-owned oil tanker following the removal of an unexploded limpet mine
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A view from the cabin of an Iranian navy boat as it tackles the fire on the Norwegian owned Front Altair oil tanker after it was hit in a suspected attack
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A picture released by U.S. Central Command shows damage to the hull of the oil tanker Kokuka Courageous. The picture suggests that the ship is ‘likely’ to have been hit by a mine as the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moves to blame Iran for the suspected attack
Reuters
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Smoke billows from an oil tanker after it was subject to a suspected attacked at the Gulf of Oman on June 13
Reuters
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A picture released by U.S. Central Command shows damage to the hull of the oil tanker Kokuka Courageous. The pictures suggests that the ship is ‘likely’ to have been hit by a mine as the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moves to blame Iran for the suspected attack
EPA
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Iran claims that in this picture released by Iran state TV, their surface-to-air missile is seen as it shoots down a US surveillance drone
EPA
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This photo shows US RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned surveillance drone. A drone of this model was shot down by Iran on Thursday 21 June
AFP/Getty
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An oil tanker is on fire after it was subject to a suspected attacked at the Gulf of Oman on June 13. The US has blamed Iran for the attack
Reuters
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Iran claims that in this picture released by Iran state TV, debris from the downed US drone is seen after it was recovered from Iranian waters
AFP/Getty
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Smoke billows from an oil tanker after it was subject to a suspected attacked at the Gulf of Oman on June 13
Reuters
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US President Trump holds up a signed executive order to increase sanctions on Iran on 24 June
Bioreports
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Iranian President Rouhani stated in a televised address that the White House is “afflicted by mental retardation” following the increase in sanctions on 25 June
EPA
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An Iranian navy boat tackles the fire on the Norwegian owned Front Altair oil tanker after it was hit in a suspected attack
AFP/Getty
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Iran claims that in this picture released by Iran state TV, debris from the downed US drone is seen after it was recovered from Iranian waters
AFP/Getty
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Smoke billows from an oil tanker after it was subject to a suspected attacked at the Gulf of Oman on June 13
Reuters
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A screenshot from a video released by the US Department of Defense that the US claims to show Iranian removing an unexploded limpet mine form the hull of the Japan-owned ship that was attacked in the Gulf of Oman on June 13
Getty
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An item reportedly found on the Japan-owned oil tanker that was attacked on June 13 in the Gulf of Oman
AFP/Getty
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A handout photograph from the US Department of Defense shows a composite material that the US claim was left behind on the hull of the Japan-owned oil tanker following the removal of an unexploded limpet mine
Getty
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A view from the cabin of an Iranian navy boat as it tackles the fire on the Norwegian owned Front Altair oil tanker after it was hit in a suspected attack
EPA
15/17 Release by US government
A picture released by U.S. Central Command shows damage to the hull of the oil tanker Kokuka Courageous. The picture suggests that the ship is ‘likely’ to have been hit by a mine as the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moves to blame Iran for the suspected attack
Reuters
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Smoke billows from an oil tanker after it was subject to a suspected attacked at the Gulf of Oman on June 13
Reuters
17/17 Release by US government
A picture released by U.S. Central Command shows damage to the hull of the oil tanker Kokuka Courageous. The pictures suggests that the ship is ‘likely’ to have been hit by a mine as the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moves to blame Iran for the suspected attack
EPA
Iran said the measures spell the “permanent closure” of diplomacy between the two nations.
President Hassan Rouhani described the White House as “afflicted by mental retardation”, and called the sanctions against Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “outrageous and idiotic”.
However Mr Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton said talks between the nations are still possible and the US is leaving an “open door” for Iran.
Iran says it intends to continue complying with the deal, but cannot do so indefinitely unless European countries find ways to protect it from US sanctions.
It blamed the US for abandoning the only route to peace just days after the two countries came within minutes of conflict.
US disarmament ambassador Robert Wood said the States would continue its maximum pressure campaign against Iran until Tehran changes its behaviour.
Speaking as he left the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Tuesday, where he traded sharp accusations with an Iranian diplomat, he said: “We will look to see what more we can do on sanctions.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
