Iran will abandon a landmark deal to stop the country from developing nuclear weapons unless it receives guarantees that the economic incentives of the pact will be protected by the other parties, a senior Iranian official has warned.
The news follows the US decision to unilaterally withdraw, and Washington's threat of sanctions against companies who trade with Iran.
"We are still complying but we have not decided whether to stay in the deal or not," the official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
"It depends on the remaining JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] participants, if they can actually compensate for the absence of the United States in the deal."
The other countries involved in the JCPOA met on Friday for the first time without the US after Iran called for an urgent meeting of the body in Vienna.
Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to the deal, and the Iranian delegation emerged saying they were more confident than before, and made no mention of timelines.
"I think we have good reasons to think we will succeed, provided that, once again, all of us have relevant political will," said Mikhail Ulyanov, head of the Russian...
