Iran Will Give Response That Fits Trump’s Stance on JCPOA
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran will give a "response fitting" any stance adopted by US President Donald Trump on the landmark nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries more than two years ago.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran pursues its policies in the region irrespective of the blabber of others," Zarif told reporters on Sunday.
"After Mr. Trump declares his views, which it is almost clear what he wants to say [on Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal], the Islamic Republic of Iran will give a fitting response at an appropriate time," he added in response to a question about the US president's plan to announce his position on the nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA], and Iran's compliance with it this week.
Zarif made his remarks after The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Trump was planning to announce that he would "decertify" the international nuclear agreement.
According to the report, which cited people who are familiar with the White House Strategy, Trump plans to declare that the nuclear deal is not in the national interest of the United States and kick the issue to a reluctant Congress.
In an interview with Qatar-based broadcaster, Al Jazeera, released on Saturday, Zarif said the United States was addicted to imposing sanctions, but after four decades of such bans Iran has become invulnerable.
"The United States has had a policy of imposing sanctions on Iran for the past 40 years. Basically, they have immunized us to US sanctions. But from a global perspective, it seems that the United States is addicted to sanctions," he added.
Elsewhere in his Sunday remarks, Zarif further noted that the Middle East had long been "suffering" as a result of the wrong policies of the US, emphasizing that Iran was the pillar of stability and the fight against Takfiri terrorists.
He added that the US president and his allies sought to boost arms sales to the region and had pursued certain policies to achieve this objective, but their strategies had been detrimental to the United States itself as well as the Middle East.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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