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Zarif: Either Security for All or Nobody

Zarif: Either Security for All or Nobody
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By Staff, Agencies

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that "security is a common global commodity," that either exists for everybody or no one.

Speaking at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute [SIPRI] during a visit to Sweden, Zarif made the comments Wednesday amid the US military presence in the Gulf.

He added that Iran has already fulfilled all of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPOA] and the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231, which enshrines it.

"This is an agreement, this was not a diktat," he said. "We did not dictate it to the other side obviously, but the other side did not obviously dictate it to us to some people's chagrin."

"Iran according to 15 reports of the IAEA [the International Atomic Energy Agency] ... has complied with the Resolution 2231 and with the JCPOA," he said. "Even five IAEA reports came after US withdrawal, it still showed that we don't violate [the deal]."

Washington abandoned the landmark deal in May 2018, when President Donald Trump said he was going to use sanctions and other measures in his power to force Iran into renegotiating another deal that addresses the country's missile program and its growing role in the Middle East region.

Zarif noted that the US, under Trump, is unpredictable and does not comply with the international law.

He said Iran behaves in a predictable manner and expects predictable behavior in response.

"Mutual unpredictability will lead to chaos. Because President Trump cannot expect to be unpredictable and expect other people to be predictable. Unpredictability will lead to mutual unpredictability and unpredictability is chaotic," Zarif said.

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