Iran says new nuclear step to be discussed tonight

If taken, it would be the fifth step to break terms of Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which saw Iran limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.

Tehran: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman says that officials in the Islamic Republic planned to meet on Sunday night to discuss their next step out of the nuclear deal and that it will be even bigger than initially planned.

Abbas Mousavi commented on Sunday during a briefing with journalists after a US airstrike killed Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

Abbas Mousavi said decisions previously made for the 5th step could be overshadowed by the recent developments referring to the killing.

If taken, it would be the fifth step to break terms of Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which saw Iran limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.

However, he did not elaborate on what that step could be.

Earlier on Sunday, the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army said that the US does not dare to initiate a war against Iran following the US-ordered killing of General Qassem Soleimani.

Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi was also responding to a tweet by US President Donald Trump who said that 52 sites in Iran would be targeted if Americans were hurt.

Iran has previously broken limits of its enrichment, its stockpiles, and its centrifuges, as well as restarted enrichment at an underground facility.