Zarif to Europeans: Time for Action

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Monday that Europeans have done a 'very good' job in announcing stances but they have to decide how to translate the stances into action as they should not keep waiting for time as before.

“As said earlier, Europeans did quite well in announcing stances; however, they should take practical steps in translating the stances; they cannot keep waiting as always,” Zarif highlighted

He further highlighted that “Europeans have taken some concrete actions such as letting European investment bank to financially support and encourage the small- and medium-sized companies to cooperate with Iran.”

“Whether such measures will be fruitful, [it should be said that] Europeans should be well prepared to take their interests vis-à-vis Iran, the region and world order into consideration, so that Americans would not be able to dictate their stances to others; this means in fact that they [Europeans] will be ready to pay the cost,” Zarif added.

“No pain, no gain,” Zarif said, adding that “the Islamic Republic of Iran successfully ruined fabricated security alliance between the US and Zionist regime against the country and gained significant achievements in that regard.”

In addition, the head of Iranian diplomacy went on to say: “The JCPOA could change the security atmosphere formed against Iran to isolate the US and it is now Europe's turn to pay its share to guarantee their long lasting interests.”

“Time is ripe for Europe to make decision as they cannot buy time any longer,” he said, pointing out that “The US administration should open its eyes to realities as exertion of pressure over Iran goes nowhere but only creates problems for people.”

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