Iran demands that Obama allow US sanctions to expire
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is demanding that US President Barack Obama not sign an extension of US sanctions, saying the bill is a violation of a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
On Thursday the US Senate voted to extend the Iran Sanctions Act by 10 years. Speaking in an open session of Iran's parliament Sunday, Rouhani said Obama is "obliged" to let the sanctions expire.
The nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers lifted a variety of international sanctions in exchange for limitations on the Iranian nuclear program. However the US still maintains its own separate set of sanctions, which will expire on December 31 if Obama does not sign them into law.
Rouhani promised a "prompt response" from Iran if the US sanctions are extended.
