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Iran to withdraw from parts of the nuclear deal after U.S. reneged

Tehran promised to return to the deal if China, France, Germany, Russia, the U.K. and E.U. give adequate help.

,   and  John Heilprin
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The E.U.'s Catherine Ashton and Iran's Javad Zarif negotiating the nuclear deal in 2014.
The E.U.'s Catherine Ashton and Iran's Javad Zarif negotiating the nuclear deal in 2014. (AN/Austrian Foreign Ministry)

Iran announced plans to resume enriching uranium at higher levels if world powers will not accept new terms under the 2015 nuclear deal that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration renounced.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised address on Wednesday the higher enrichment would begin in 60 days, and Iran would stop complying with other aspects of the treaty, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, by no longer exporting excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program.

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