ROUGH CUT.

NO REPORTER NARRATION.

Russia expects the 2015 Iran nuclear deal's European signatories to fulfil their obligations under the pact, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday (May 8).

Speaking after talks in Moscow with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Lavrov told reporters the situation around the nuclear deal was making it hard for Tehran to fulfil its obligations.

Zarif said on Wednesday that Tehran could guarantee the continued survival of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers if the pact's European signatories fulfilled their obligations.

Iranian Foreign Minister also said the country was genuinely committed to the nuclear deal despite Tehran earlier announcing it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear program.