The European Union rejected Iran 's "ultimatum" on the nuclear deal

European powers said Thursday that they still supported the nuclear deal with Iranbut they rejected any "ultimatum" of Tehran to keep him alive.

"We reject any ultimatum and we will evaluate Iran's compliance with its nuclear commitments", they warned Germany, France and the United States, as well as the EU's high representative for foreign policy, Federica Mogherini, in a joint statement.

Iran announced Wednesday that it would cease to apply "some" of its "commitments" of the international agreement on its 2015 nuclear program, in response to the unilateral decision of the United States to withdraw from this pact a year ago and reinstate the sanctions.

Tehran also threatened to give up other commitments if the remaining signatories could not find a solution within 60 days. days mitigate the effects of US sanctions against Iran, particularly in the oil and banking sectors.

European countries also expressed their "great concern" after Tehran's decision get rid of two commitments made as part of the international agreement on its nuclear program, which left the United States a year ago.

"We remain totally committed to the preservation and full implementation of the nuclear agreement, an essential achievement of the global architecture of nuclear non-proliferation, designed in the interest of the security of all, "they explained, asking Iran to" refrain from any escalation ".

"We hope that Iran continues to respect the formats and mechanisms established by the nuclear agreement", The three countries and the EU said.

(With information from AFP)