Iran’s Rouhani shores up political support as US sanctions loom | Financial Times

Iran’s Rouhani shores up political support as US sanctions loom | Financial Times:

Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani is capitalising on European support for the nuclear deal abandoned by Donald Trump to shore up his political standing at home as US oil sanctions take effect on Monday.

After spending months trying to stem a crisis triggered by the US president’s decision in May to withdraw from the 2015 accord Mr Rouhani sealed with world powers, the Iranian leader has begun to cut a more confident figure.

“The US cannot win this new plot against Iran,” Mr Rouhani told reporters last week. “I tell those who do trade with Iran that this US pressure is temporary but our relations with you are permanent.”