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Iran has said it will no longer accept any limits of an international nuclear deal after the U.S targeted killing of Iranian general of Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani. The Iranian government issued a statement broadcasted on State TV. The statement said Iran will no longer respect restrictions on the enrichment of uranium or research and development. Point to be noted that it represents another major blow to any hopes of restoring relations between Washington and Tehran. The killing of Iranian general took hundreds of thousands to the streets of cities and towns across Iran. They gathered to mourn Soleimani and demanded retaliation. The recent statement has marked the most serious blow yet to the 2015 accord.

It is noteworthy that an agreement was signed in 2015 between Iran and a group of powers (P5+1), including the United States, the UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany. The agreement was designed to stop Iran from manufacturing atomic weapons. They also imposed restrictions on Iranian sensitive nuclear activities. Tehran also allowed international inspections by experts in return for the lifting of economic sanctions. But, Trump administration discarded the deal in May 2018. The move was designed to put maximum pressure against Tehran and it imposed sanctions against Iranian financial and oil sectors. Other members in the P5+1 group disagreed and tried to the deal in place.

The Iraqi parliament has now voted to expel the U.S and other foreign troops fighting against ISIS in the country. It was a blow to efforts to fight against the Jihadi group amid Washington’s decision to Kill Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in a U.S airstrike. Iraq will also submit a complaint to the United Nations against the United States for violating the sovereignty of the country. The caretaker Prime Minister of Iraq, Adel Abdul Mahdi informed legislators, “Despite the domestic and international challenges that we may face, this choice remains the best for Iraq. Iraq lived without foreign forces in the period between 2011 and 2014. Its relationship with the United States and any other party didn’t deteriorate”. Russia and China are permanent veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council. Both have condemned the U.S assassination and said military adventurism is unacceptable.