Iran says EU should make up for U.S. withdrawal from nuclear deal

By Reuters 

LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s nuclear chief said on Tuesday that the European Union should make up for the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal or Tehran would ramp up its nuclear programme to a level more advanced than before the accord.

“The European signatories should make up for the U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA (the nuclear deal) and guarantee our rights … If they cannot do that, we are ready to take our nuclear programme to a level stronger than before the JCPOA,” the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, said in an interview on state television