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Iran's Rouhani praises Europe for 'taking a big step' to maintain business with Tehran - Tasnim

Iran's Rouhani praises Europe for 'taking a big step' to maintain business with Tehran - Tasnim
FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani listens during a news conference at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/File Photo -  Copyright  Brendan McDermid(Reuters)
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LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani praised Europe on Wednesday for taking a "big step" to maintain business with Tehran after the United States' unilateral withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear deal and re-imposition of new sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

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Rouhani was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency that U.S. President Donald Trump was mounting pressures on Tehran for "domestic political gains."

(Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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