Iran will abide by original nuclear deal if the others do so

Tehran, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Iran reiterated that it will only comply with the original Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or nuclear agreement, if the rest of the signatories do so, as quoted by a Mehr agency dispatch.

August 21, 2021
09:53

The President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi anticipated that the pact should be revived by Europe and the United States, especially the latter, who abandoned it in May 2018.

Raisi appreciated the importance of lifting all the anti-Iranian measures ordered by Washington and stated that his government will support any initiative aimed at that objective.

Zohreh Elahian, from the National Security Committee of the Iranian Parliament, pointed out that the head of state supports the dialogue in Vienna, Austria, dedicated to reactivating the JCPOA.

‘The talks did not reach any results during the previous government, and we will not see the same from now on,’ he said.

The president ratified that nuclear weapons in Iran were banned by a mandate from the leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ali Khamenei, and therefore, the Iranian nuclear program is peaceful.

There is no place for nuclear weapons in Iran’s defensive strategy, Raisi reaffirmed.

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