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Iran Avoids Taking Trump Bait to Collapse Nuclear Deal
5 February 2017
Since the U.S. imposed new sanctions on Tehran over a ballistic missile test Friday, Iran’s conservative media has railed against the government for being too soft, the military has tested another projectile, and officials have generally thumbed their noses at a White House warning that they were now “on notice.”
What hasn’t happened, however, is as important: no official has threatened to abandon the nuclear deal signed in 2015 under the previous U.S. administration of President Barack Obama.
On Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry termed some recent U.S. statements as “antagonistic” and having “a threatening tone,” but it also advised against rushing to conclusions about the government of Donald Trump. Iran seeks “a better evaluation of the new U.S. administration,” ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said in Tehran. “We still need to wait and not make hasty comments.”
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