TEHRAN: Iranian officials have made various public appearances to criticise United States’ policies toward Iran and reinforce their position on the 2015 nuclear deal, in what appeared to be a coordinated effort.
After days of protests and counter-protests in several cities in Iran, the country’s top leaders on Monday shifted their focus back to US’ plans to cancel the nuclear agreement and the looming threat of new US sanctions.
Known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the hard-won agreement was signed in 2015 under the Obama administration between Iran and the P5+1 countries – the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany.
In exchange for the easing of sanctions, Iran agreed to halt uranium enrichment.
In October, President Donald Trump began fulfilling his campaign promise of dismantling what he considers a “bad deal” by decertifying it to Congress.
This opened the door for the resumption of US sanctions against Iran. That could happen this week.
For Iranian leaders, it would be a red line; any change to the deal in its original form, they say, would oblige them to pull out of the agreement and restart uranium enrichment as a matter of principle.
At a weekly briefing, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi warned the US not to do anything it might regret.
“We have to wait for their decision; as far as Iran’s stance, we have made the necessary predictions about any scenario and all options for different situations are on the table, depending on what the United States decides to do,” Qassemi said.
During meetings with his some of his senior leaders from the economy ministry, President Hassan Rouhani reminded people that whenever the Trump administration has tried to confront Iran, it has failed.
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