Russia Wants U.S. to Know That If Iran Deal Fails, It Will Be Donald Trump's Fault

Top Russian officials have said they hold the United States responsible for the current crisis regarding the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which President Donald Trump unilaterally left last year, spurring mounting international tensions.

In a statement published Wednesday by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov noted Iran's continued compliance with the deal by which Tehran agreed to curb nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief. He then, however, decried "the irresponsible line of the United States, which not only pulled out of the 'nuclear deal,' but also set out to undermine it, primarily by blocking the implementation of the economic part of this agreement."

Since May of last year, the U.S. has rolled out sweeping sanctions against the Islamic Republic, accusing it of funding militant groups and developing ballistic missile technology. Like fellow nuclear deal signatories China, the EU, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, however, Russia has largely sided with Iran.

"Using methods of blatant blackmail and intimidation, the U.S. seeks to force other countries to curtail legitimate trade and economic ties with Iran, primarily in the oil and banking sectors," Ulyanov said, arguing that "Washington literally pushes Tehran out of the 'nuclear deal' and provokes it to take radical retaliatory steps."

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