Iran: Europe’s ‘Concessions’ Make Trump less Committed to Nuclear Deal

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Iran's ballistic missile program is not up for negotiation, top Iranian officials restated, criticizing next week's US diplomatic mission to Europe with a mandate to revise and "fix" the landmark 2015 nuclear agreement.

On Monday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced the US is dispatching a diplomatic team to Europe to iron out "flaws in the nuclear agreement" signed by Iran and the P5+1 - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council [China, France, Russia, the UK, and the US] + Germany.

Britain, France and Germany reportedly already began talks on a strategy to address Iran's ballistic missile program while preserving the 2015 accord.

"Some of them [European signatories of the nuclear deal] think that if they make concessions to Trump on issues other than the nuclear deal, they can make him remain committed to the nuclear deal," Sayyed Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs said in this respect. "This is a fully wrong policy and will certainly have a reverse outcome and we have clearly said this to Europe too."

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA] places limitations on Tehran's nuclear energy program in return for the lifting of economic sanctions.

There was, however, no agreement among the P5+1 to push for binding restrictions on Iran's ballistic missile program. The International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] has since repeatedly confirmed that Iran is in full compliance with JCPOA.

Washington and the Europeans, however, claim that Tehran's missile program violates UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which endorsed Tehran's nuclear deal with the P5+1 states.

Earlier this month, Trump waived sanctions against Iran for the "last time," and warned European allies the US would pull out of the accord if they do not fix its "terrible flaws."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team