In a speech, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani repeated Iran’s longstanding criticism of Washington’s decision to exit the nuclear deal, which he called a “stupid mistake”. He said: “If America wants to return to the deal, it should lift all the sanctions on Tehran and compensate for the reimposition of sanctions.”

“Iran will give a crushing response if the arms embargo on Tehran is extended.”

Iran has gradually rolled back its commitments under the accord in response to the US decision to quit, but says it wants the agreement to remain in place.

It has criticised European parties to the deal for failing to salvage the pact by shielding its economy from US sanctions.

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