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Zarif: US Will Become Outsider if It Breaks Nuke Deal

Zarif: US Will Become Outsider if It Breaks Nuke Deal
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke about the current situation around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that has been heatedly discussed by the US political establishment.

Zarif: US Will Become Outsider if It Breaks Nuke Deal

"The international community, except the Trump administration, ‘Israel' and two or three Middle Eastern countries, understands that the JCPOA is an international agreement and not a bilateral treaty between Iran and the US," Zarif said in an interview with Sputnik, adding: "International agreements can't be altered unilaterally by one signatory. If such an action becomes a generally accepted norm, it will become hard to conclude any agreements. Countries that signed an agreement with the US would think of altering it after the change by the US government."

The Iranian FM went on to say that "regarding the JCPOA goes beyond the agreement itself as it touches upon the international order. An international agreement will never be concluded if a country, even if it's a superpower, can neglect its liabilities and break the deal".

Zarif explained that "countries will not support the US approach toward the JCPOA as they have a common interest. On the contrary, they stand against such an approach. It's clear that if the US decides to withdraw from the deal unilaterally or break the deal, it will isolate itself, becoming an outsider."

Iran's FM asserted that European countries have confirmed "they will use all available efforts to preserve the agreement... European politicians say that, firstly, they won't agree on any revision of the deal; secondly, they stand for preserving their own interests and agreements within the JCPOA."

Elsewhere in the interview, Zarif shed light on the US' "destructive policy" saying: "The US is always trying to use technological progress to carry out its destructive policy... it's important to pay attention to the optimized use of cyberspace. Social networks have created an ability to break an information monopoly. The reality is that social networks destroy media-empires, mainly controlled by the West and Zionists."

"It's natural that the US uses different means to return the power of an information monopoly to itself. That's why it's important for the people and the governments of our countries to use the cyberspace of social networks," Zarif concluded.

Source: Sputnik, Edited by website team

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