There is no alternative to Iran nuclear deal: Kremlin

The Kremlin has thrown its weight behind the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, saying there is no alternative to the accord amid US threats to kill the international document.

“We do not know what is being talked about, we support the nuclear deal as it is today. We think that there are no alternatives,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

He also stressed that Moscow supports keeping in place the nuclear pact, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Peskov further questioned whether it would be possible to reach a new Iran deal amid pressure by US President Donald Trump to renegotiate the accord or face a US exit.

“We know that the nuclear deal was the meticulous work of a number of countries. Is it possible to repeat that work -- that is a question,” he said.

Separately on Wednesday, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini emphasized that the JCPOA was working and thus should be saved.

“On what can happen in the future we’ll see in the future, but there is one deal existing, it’s working, it needs to be preserved,” she said upon her arrival for an international conference on the future of Syria and the region in the Belgian capital, Brussels.

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