Iran nuclear deal: Iran’s President warns Trump not to ruin agreement
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says a committee tasked with monitoring the implementation of a nuclear agreement with six world powers will on Wednesday decide on how to respond to the US Congress’ recent extension of a piece of anti-Iran legislation.
Rouhani said in a speech at the University of Tehran on Tuesday. “We condition the plan to quick start in our work in order to have comprehensive and integrated action regarding resumption of nuclear activities and announce to the world continually by diplomacy and the media day and night that the Unites States was the starter of illegal action and we have no choice but to confront”. “Do you think we and our nation will let him do that?”
President-elect Donald Trump may release details of the Iranian nuclear deal the Obama administration kept hidden from the public, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.
Hassan Rouhani also warned that Tehran will react to any extension of American sanctions.
This has Rouhani anxious, as President-elect Donald Trump has said he would “tear up” the nuclear deal once he takes office.
Last Friday (2 December) Trump met former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, who is hawkish on Iran, after his transition team said he was seeking advice.
In his campaign, Trump had called the deal as “catastrophic”. “Do you suppose we will allow this?”
In December, the US Senate voted unanimously to renew the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for another decade.
Netanyahu said he opposes the Iran nuclear deal because “it doesn’t prevent Iran from getting nukes, it paves the way for Iran to get nuclear weapons”. “The country has produce and export as much as it wants”.
“The US, as a part of the five plus one, is one of our enemies and wants to pressure us”. Consequently, that development could, in turn, galvanize hardliners on Iran’s political scene, including opponents of Rouhani.
Although Iran has managed to significantly ramp up its oil exports since the deal, it has struggled to rejoin the global financial system because major Western banks remain reluctant to do business for fear of remaining non-nuclear United States sanctions. Please see our terms of service for more information.
During his speech on Tuesday, Rouhani, apparently trying to fend off the attacks, emphasized that ultimately it was the nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had led the negotiations and signed off on the deal.
The same thing appears to be true of Iran’s partners in those various trade deals, and this promises to further strengthen the JCPOA even as it faces threats both from Tehran and from Washington.
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