Iranian President defends Iran nuclear deal against rogue newcomers

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday defended the nuclear deal at the United Nations, saying it was an internationally backed accord that should not be destroyed by “rogue newcomers to the world of politics.” Rouhani thus replied to US President Donald Trump’s comment calling Iran a rogue nation and threatening to scrap the 2015 deal.

Rouhani told the UN General Assembly that the deal had won global support and that its fate could not be decided by “one or two countries”.

“It would be a great pity if this agreement were to be destroyed by rogue newcomers to the world of politics,” Rouhani said, in a clear reference to Trump who blasted the deal in his UN address on Tuesday.

“The world will have lost a great opportunity,” he declared.