Iran will respond in kind to US breaches of N-accord: Rouhani

tehran — President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that Iran would respond in kind to any breach by the United States of the 2015 nuclear deal after the House of Representatives passed a new sanctions bill.

“If the enemy steps over part of the agreement, we will do the same, and if they step over the entire deal, we will do the same too,” Rouhani said at a cabinet meeting aired by state broadcaster IRIB.

The Iranian parliament’s national

If the enemy steps over part of the agreement, we will do the same, and if they step over the entire deal, we will do the same too Hassan Rouhani, Iran President

security and foreign affairs committee would meet on Saturday to discuss its response.

“We must always develop our defence capability and we will strengthen our defensive weapons regardless of the opinion of others,” Rouhani said.

The US House passed a new sanctions bill on Tuesday targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, as well as Russia and North Korea.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the bill was “very clearly a hostile measure” even if it was only “a compilation of previous US sanctions in the non-nuclear fields”. —