The Islamic Republic of Iran has suspended its commitments to the nuclear deal it struck with world powers, the Times Magazine has reported.
The announcement was made on the country's state television, coming in the wake of the killing a top military commander out Qasem Soleimani in a United States of America airstrike on Friday night.
According to the Times report, the suspension of its commitment to the deal that took months to hammer represents the clearest threat yet of Iran seeking nuclear weapons.
"The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has in a statement announced its fifth and final step in reducing Iran’s commitments under the JCPOA,” a state TV broadcaster said as quoted in the Times report. “The Islamic Republic of Iran no longer faces any limitations in operations," it added.
The Guardian newspaper reported that Iran said in the statement that it was ready to resume its commitments only if and when the crushing sanctions imposed on it by the US are lifted.
President Trump scrapped the deal after assuming the reigns of power saying that it did not address the concerns that the US had about Iran.
Former US president Barrack Obama, the chief exponent of the deal, championed the deal as the best possible deal to curtail Iran's nuclear program.