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[ 25-05-2000 ]
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[ International Relations ]
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[ Iran ]
      [http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-objection-u-s-nuclear-deal-1.3877969

      Iran accuses U.S. of violating nuclear deal
      All 99 Senate votes were in favour of extending sanctions
      Thomson Reuters Posted: Dec 02, 2016 4:24 AM ET| Last Updated: Dec 02, 2016 4:24 AM ET

      Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that the U.S. Senate's vote to extend sanctions against the Islamic Republic for 10 years violated a historic nuclear deal reached between the country and six major powers in 2015.

      "The extension of sanctions by the U.S. congress is a violation of the deal. We will report it to Iran's committee, assigned for monitoring the implementation of the deal," according to a statement by Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi read on television.

      Congress members and U.S. officials said the renewal of the Iran Sanctions Act, which was passed 99-0 on Thursday, would not violate the nuclear agreement, under which Iran curbed its nuclear-power programme in return for lifting sanctions.

      Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned in November that an extension would breach the deal and threatened retaliation.

      "The American government is responsible of carrying out its international commitments ... The U.S. president has accepted to use its authority to prevent such measures," Ghasemi said, according to the state news agency IRNA.

      The ISA will expire on Dec. 31 if not renewed. The White House had not pushed for an extension, but had not raised serious objections.

      It passed the House of Representatives nearly unanimously in November, and congressional aides said they expected Barack Obama to sign it.

      Congress's action did not address the fate of the nuclear pact, which was opposed by every Republican in the Senate and House.

      U.S. president-elect Donald Trump railed against the deal during his campaign for the White House, with his running mate Mike Pence promising at one stop that their administration would rip up the deal.

      Britain, Russia, France, China and Germany were also signatories to the nuclear deal.

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