Signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) “must comply with the terms of the agreement to the same extent as Tehran does”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on July 3, IRIB reported.

In a direct hit at the US, the Iranian president was suggesting a total abrogation of the JCPOA by Tehran if the US continues to renege on its end of the deal after it unilaterally pulled out in May last year.

“You need to decide whether you support the JCPOA or not. If you support it, then everyone should fulfil its provisions as much as Iran does,” Rouhani said.

Stressing his point about the US reneging on its promises, "Tehran waited a whole year so that the remaining participants in the transaction fulfilled their part of the obligations,” he said. 

“We have exceeded uranium reserves of 300kg and will continue [to reduce the fulfilment of our obligations] because we want to keep the nuclear deal,” he said. “Therefore, we say that as soon as the other participants start fulfilling their obligations, we will return to the uranium enrichment limit of 300 kg.

“On July 7, the level of [uranium] enrichment in Iran will not be 3.67% anymore, as we will abandon such commitment and increase it [enrichment] to any amount that we require and need,” he underlined.

The president also called on the so-called EU3 (Britain, France and Germany) to ensure the implementation of the nuclear deal after the Europeans repeatedly dragged their feet with implementation of their euro-denominated Instex payment system. 

Iran's enriched uranium stockpile has passed the 300-kilogram limit under the 2015 nuclear deal, an "informed source" said on July 1.