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Iran retreats nuclear pledges but stops short of violating 2015 pact

Iran said it was responding to the sweeping unilateral sanctions that Washington has reimposed since it quit the agreement one year ago

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President Hassan Rouhani

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Iran said on Wednesday it had stopped respecting limits on its nuclear activities agreed under a 2015 deal with major powers until they find a way to bypass renewed US sanctions.
 
The well trailed announcement came as Washington stepped up its rhetoric against Tehran, accusing it of planning “imminent” attacks and deploying an aircraft carrier strike group with several nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the region.
 
Iran said it was responding to the sweeping unilateral sanctions that Washington has reimposed since it quit the agreement one year ago, which have dealt a severe blow to the Iranian economy. It