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Rouhani Vows 'Crushing Response' if Arms Embargo Extended

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   Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has threatened a "crushing response"
   if the United States continues efforts to prolong a U.N. Security
   Council arms embargo on Tehran that is set to expire later this year.

   A landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers provided
   for Tehran to curb its nuclear program in return for the lifting of
   international sanctions, as well as for a U.N. conventional-weapons
   embargo due to expire in October.

   But U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018 withdrew from the agreement
   signed under his predecessor, Barack Obama, calling it a bad deal, and
   reimposed harsh sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.

   Washington now says it also wants to extend the arms embargo.

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