US 'warmongering' a failure, Iran says, as Bolton ousted

TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the United States'"warmongering" was a failure, as Iran welcomed the sacking of hawkish US national security adviser John Bolton.at a time his US administration is continuing to slap more crippling sanctions on the Islamic republic."The Americans must understand that bellicosity and warmongering don't work in their favour. Both ...

Iran has riposted by scaling back its commitments to the landmark accord, which gave it the promise of relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its atomic programme.It was a move an adviser to Iran's president, Hesameddin Ashena, hailed as a"clear sign of the defeat of America's maximum pressure strategy" against Tehran.US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stressed the US would maintain the strategy.

"We have said many times that our policy ... is one of peaceful technology, and that our approach in the JCPOA is commitment for commitment," he said. It had announced on July 1 that its stockpile of enriched uranium had increased to beyond the deal's 300-kilogram threshold, and a week later that it had exceeded a 3.67-per cent cap on the purity of its stocks.Iran's UN representative Majid Takht-Ravanchi poured cold water on any talk of a Trump-Rouhani meeting.

"The removal of John Bolton is an internal affair and we don't take stands on domestic issues," Takht-Ravanchi said."As the world ... was breathing a sigh of relief" over his ouster"Pompeo and Mnuchin declared further escalation of #EconomicTerrorism against Iran," he tweeted.

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