Radio Free Europe 12/20/2019
Iranian President Hassan Rohani, on a visit to Japan, has asked for Tokyo's help to salvage a 2015 landmark nuclear deal.
Tensions between Iran and the United States have spiraled after U.S. President Donald Trump last year pulled Washington out of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
Washington has since reimposed crippling sanctions on Iran in an effort to tackle the country's nuclear and missile program, while Tehran has gradually reduced some of its commitments under the agreement.
Rohani is the first Iranian leader to visit the East Asian country in nearly two decades. His trip comes after Shinzo Abe became in June the first Japanese prime minister to travel to Iran in more than 40 years.
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