Zarif: Iran May Quit JCPOA In Case Of Major US Violations
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that any major JCPOA violation on behalf of the US may result in Tehran's withdrawal from the nuclear deal.
Zarif made the remark on Monday during an interview with The National Interest magazine.
"If it comes to a major violation, or what in the terms of the nuclear deal is called significant nonperformance, then Iran has other options available, including withdrawing from the deal," he said.
Zarif further stressed that Islamic Republic wishes for the deal to serve as a solid foundation for all its parties and not the ceiling.
"We wanted that agreement to be the foundation and not the ceiling. But in order for that to serve as a solid foundation, we want to make sure that the obligations by all sides have been fully and faithfully implemented," he added.
Zarif further noted that the US has shortcomings in commitments stipulated the nuclear accord, while stressing that these shortcomings will be addressed by the joint commission to make sure they are remedied.
"This has been the subject of an ongoing debate within the joint commission, not only during the [US President Donald] Trump administration but also during the previous [Barack] Obama administration, when it took the United States, for instance, several months to clear the purchase of airplanes," he said in reference to the purchase of Airbus airplanes.
Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia - plus Germany signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA] on July 14, 2015 and started implementing it on January 16, 2016.
Under the agreement, limits were put on Iran's nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related bans against the Islamic Republic.
The UN Security Council later unanimously endorsed a resolution that effectively turned the JCPOA into international law.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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