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The Russian government through its Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN General Assembly has expressed that it is "extremely concerned" by the comments from the U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the 2015 Iran Nuclear deal.

Sergei Lavrov also disclosed that Russia has suspicions that the U.S. may have also violated a landmark arms control treaty.

"It's extremely worrying," he said. "We will defend this document, this consensus, which was met with relief by the entire international community and genuinely strengthened both regional and international security."

"If you simply condemn and threaten, then we're going to antagonize countries over whom we want to exert influence," said Lavrov, referring to Trump's comments.

A senior Trump administration official accused Russia earlier this year of violating the same pact (the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty), something Moscow denied.

But Lavrov said it looked like it was Washington, which is in the midst of a $1 trillion, 30-year modernization of its aging ballistic missile submarines, bombers and land-based missiles, that was in breach of the same treaty.

"We have suspicions on at least three fronts that the Americans are creating weapons systems which violate or could violate the treaty obligations," said Lavrov, who said Moscow had relayed its concerns to the United States.