On Monday, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian government “will work to preserve the existing Iran nuclear deal despite Washington threatening to withdraw from it.”
Other world power – including China – have also called on US President Donald Trump to stick to the current deal, warning that a new wave of economic sanctions against Iran would further destabilise the Middle East, and lead to an escalation in the crisis.
Trump has repeatedly insisted that the current agreement is a “bad deal”, and has called for a new deal with Iran.