Larijani, in Russia's second largest city of St Petersburg for an international parliamentary forum, also said that Washington's withdrawal from the nuclear deal could lead to global chaos, TASS reported.
Iran hopes that Russia will play a role in resolving the situation around the nuclear deal, Larijani said meeting Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the Duma lower house of Russia's parliament, the Interfax news agency reported. (Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Maria Kiselyova)Iran parliament speaker: nuclear deal will collapse if U.S. quits - agencies
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