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2015 deal still best way to avoid nuclear-armed Iran: Theresa May

2015 deal still best way to avoid nuclear-armed Iran: Theresa May

Theresa May

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that an internationally negotiated accord with Iran was thebest way to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons despite Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 agreement.

While addressing the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday, May said, "It remains the best means of preventing Iran developing a nuclear weapon and we are committed to preserving the JCPOA as long as Iran continues to abide by its obligations in full".

Meanwhile,US President Donald Trump took his campaign to isolate Iran to the UN Security Council Wednesday.

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He, accusing Tehran of spreading chaos at a meeting that laid bare divisions between Washington and key allies.

As chairman of a session of the top UN body, Trump denounced the "horrible, one-sided" nuclear deal with Iran that he ditched in May, to the dismay of European allies.

Trump vowed that re-imposed sanctions will be "in full force" and urged world powers to work with the United States to "ensure the Iranian regime changes its behavior and never acquires a nuclear bomb."

Addressing the council afer Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron hit back, declaring that concerns about Iran cannot be reduced to "a policy of sanctions and containment" that was in place for years before the landmark deal.

The United States has moved to reimpose sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 deal to curb Iran's nuclear program and has vowed to punish foreign firms that do business with Iran.

(With inputs from AFP)