The Iran nuclear deal is in “intensive care” ‎and Tehran is seriously considering withdrawing from ‎it, the country’s deputy ‎foreign minister said on Friday.‎

The Euronews‎ website quoted Abbas Araghchi as saying ‎that while Iran would like to preserve the deal, reached between Tehran and world powers in 2015, ‎it is in need of “serious adjustments.”

The deal, spearheaded by the United States under the leadership of former President Barack Obama, lifted crippling sanctions from Iran in exchange for curbs on Iran’s controversial nuclear program.

‎“If the Europeans and other remaining participants of ‎the JCPOA are interested in Iran remaining in the ‎deal, they should compensate [for] the absence of ‎the U.S. and the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions,” he ‎said, referring to the pact by the acronym of its ‎official name, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of ‎Action.‎

Iranian officials have repeatedly stated that they ‎would like to salvage the deal, but have been ‎critical of the European signatories—Germany, ‎France and Britain—for the “weak” proposals ‎presented to Iran. ‎

Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic ‎Energy Organization said Tuesday that Europe’s ‎proposals thus far have been “unacceptable,” warning ‎that “if it [negotiations] continues like this, all ‎sides will lose.”

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