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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Iranian envoy tells UK to stick to terms of nuclear deal and lift missile sanctions

Iran unveils the Fattah hypersonic missile, which it claims is capable of travelling at 15 times the speed of sound.
Iran unveiling the Fattah hypersonic missile, which it claims is capable of travelling at 15 times the speed of sound, earlier this month. Photograph: Sepahnews/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

The UK, France and Germany should stick to the terms of the Iran nuclear deal and lift sanctions on Iranian missile development, Tehran’s chargé d’affaires to London has said.

Speaking on the eve of a UN security council debate on Iran, Mehdi Hosseini Matin said on Wednesday that such a breach would lead to the collapse of the deal, known as the joint comprehensive plan of action (JCPOA). It would, he added, also affect the atmosphere around recent bilateral talks in Oman between Iran and the US to secure a separate mini-agreement covering the release of US prisoners, maintaining aspects of the nuclear deal and the release of Iranian assets frozen abroad.

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