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| Iran rolls back nuclear deal commitments | Iran rolls back nuclear deal commitments |
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| Iran has declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. | |
| In a statement it said it would no longer observe limitations on its capacity for enrichment, the level of enrichment, the stock of enriched material, or research and development. | |
| The statement came after a meeting of the Iranian cabinet in Tehran. | |
| It comes amid heightened tensions over the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by the US in Baghdad. | |
| Under the 2015 accord, Iran agreed to limit its sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions. | |
| US President Donald Trump abandoned it in 2018, saying he wanted to force Iran to negotiate a new deal that would place indefinite curbs on its nuclear programme and also halt its development of ballistic missiles. | |
| Iran refused and has since been gradually rolling back its commitments under the agreement. | |
| Earlier on Sunday, Iraqi MPs passed a non-binding resolution calling for foreign troops to leave the country after the killing of Soleimani in a drone strike at Baghdad airport on Friday. | |
| About 5,000 US soldiers are in Iraq as part of the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group. | |
| The coalition paused operations against IS in Iraq just before Sunday's vote. |