(MENAFN) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned Saturday that Iran is ready to "vigorously" resume nuclear enrichment if the United States withdraws from the 2015 nuclear deal, and further "drastic measures" are being considered in response to a US exit.
"America never should have feared Iran producing a nuclear bomb, but we will pursue vigorously our nuclear enrichment," added the foreign minister, who is in the United States to attend a UN meeting on sustaining peace.
These remarks marked a further escalation of rhetoric following a warning earlier this month from Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that Washington would "regret" withdrawing from the nuclear deal, and that Iran would respond within a week if it did.
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