World leaders in warning as US pulls out of Iran deal

World leaders have urged US president Donald Trump not to take any rash action that would prevent them from working on the Iran nuclear deal after he announced the US is pulling out of the deal.

The statement from British prime minister Theresa May, German chancellor Angela Merkel, and French president Emmanuel Macron also urged Iran to “show restraint” and continue fulfilling its own obligations such as co-operating with inspections.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said he was sending his foreign minister to the countries remaining in the accord but warned there was only a short time to negotiate with them and his country could soon “start enriching uranium more than before”.