Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday Moscow will not support attempts by Washington to modify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Lavrov spoke days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would waive nuclear sanctions against Iran for the last time to give Washington and its European allies a chance to fix the "terrible flaws" of the deal.
"We will not support what the United States is trying to do, changing the wording of the agreement, incorporating things that will be absolutely unacceptable for Iran," Lavrov told a news conference in Moscow.
He stressed that Russia would work to preserve the existing deal, and warned that the agreement's collapse could be detrimental to dialogue with North Korea.
"If the deal is put aside and Iran is told, 'You keep up with your obligations or we will impose sanctions again,' then you have to put North Korea in its place," Lavrov said.
"They are being promised that sanctions will be lifted if they give up their nuclear program. They will give it up, but no one will lift the sanctions against Pyongyang."
