Things are happening quickly in the wake of the Trump administration's decision to kill Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike this week.Not long after the Iraqi parliament voted to compel the government to kick the U.S. military out of the country,
Iran announced Sunday it will no longer adhere to any limits set by the 2015
nuclear deal, which the likes of
France,
Germany, and the
United Kingdom, had been committed to salvaging after the
United States unilaterally backed out of the agreement in 2018. But much like the move by Iraqi lawmakers, Iran's announcement leaves a little more wiggle room than initially appears.Seemingly, the announcement leaves those European states with their hands in their pockets, but in a state television broadcast, Tehran said it was open to negotiations with the continental powers. The announcement also reportedly did not indicate Tehran would attempt to build a nuclear weapon, despite scrapping provisions that blocked them from acquiring enough material to do so. Instead, Iran will reportedly continue uranium enrichment based on their "technical needs."That vague language does leave the door open for a few options, but Iran is also apparently still going to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and would be willing to recommit to the nuclear agreement's obligations if
sanctions are listed. So, it looks like another wait-and-see moment.> We will need to wait for the next IAEA report to see what's actually happening and to what extent Iran is accelerating its enrichment operations> > — Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992) January 5, 2020Read more at The Associated Press.More stories from theweek.com America is guilty of everything we accuse Iran of doing 5 scathing cartoons about Trump's Iran provocation America's warm war