MOSCOW- Russia will maintain close coordination on nuclear issues with Iran despite the United States quitting the international agreement, Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal on Tuesday and said he was preparing new sanctions against Iran. (Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, writing by Denis Pinchuk; editing by John Stonestreet) ((denis.pinchuk@thomsonreuters.com; +74957751242;))