Tensions have spiked in the Gulf since May last year when Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
President Hassan Rouhani spoke with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron Saturday, warning him Iran would take the next step in reducing its nuclear commitments unless Europe lives up to its own undertakings.
But Rouhani has downplayed the likelihood of that happening unless the United States first lifts crippling sanctions that it has slapped on Iran since pulling out of the deal. However,"this step, just like the other ones, will be reversible," he added, quoted on the Iranian government's website.
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