Zarif Urges EU to Take Action on Iran Nuclear Deal

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged the European Union to put its verbal commitment to the nuclear deal into action.

In an interview with Euronews, Zarif said, 'What we need from the Europeans is the political commitment, which they have made, now we need to see the measures in place on the ground, not simply in writing, not simply in words — in the banking sector, in the investment sector, in the energy sector, in the transportation sector, in the SME sector.'

Zarif’s remarks came in reference with the vows the EU has made on backing the nuclear deal, according to the interview published on Wednesday.

Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council [the US, France, Britain, China, and Russia] plus Germany signed the nuclear deal in 2015.

Iran accepted to curb its nuclear program in exchange for economic sanctions relief.

Earlier in May, US President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal, calling it the worst deal ever. Washington has also re-imposed the economic sanctions the first set of which will take effect on August 6.

Referring to the power and influence of Europe, Zarif said, 'We believe that it should be more active in regional peace and security, in international peace and security as well as in promoting a greater cooperation and dialogue'.

He further affirmed that the country would continue its cooperation with Russia and Syria on fight against terrorism and extremism.

Blaming Trump for 'supporting Daesh' [the Arabic acronym for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group], Zarif said, 'The fact that US arms, US weapons have been found in the hands of ISIS and other extremist organizations is documented, is documented by Western sources. So I think we should look at the realities, those who fought terrorism, those who fought extremism are Syrian people and those who work with Syria people.'

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team