19 Apr 2024
Sunday 15 October 2017 - 14:52
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Iran FM: Nuclear deal still triumph of diplomacy



Press TV- Iran's foreign ministersays the2015 nuclear agreement is still a triumph of diplomacybecause other signatories are standing solidly with the Islamic Republic in maintainingthe accord.

Mohammad Javad Zarif reportedly made the remarks in Tehran to CBS News, which the broadcaster published on its website on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump said in an insultingspeech on Friday that his administration "cannot and will not" certify the agreement even as the UN and other world countries support it.

Trump hadalready endorsed the agreement twice but on Friday hehanded itsfate to US Congress,entrustingthe landmark deals future to some of its staunchest critics.

After Trumps speech, the UK, France, Russia, China, and Germany, which are the other parties to the accord, reiterated their continued commitment to it.

Zarif said Trump's move would undermine US credibility internationally.

"Nobody else will trust any US administration to engage in any long-term negotiation because the length of any commitment, the duration of any commitment from now on with any US administration would be the remainder of the term of that president," he said.

Before his speech, Trump called Iran a "terrorist nation" and used "Arabian Gulf" to refer to the waters separating Iran and the regional Arab states, which arehistorically known as the Persian Gulf.

Iranians responded with anger and mockery to the incendiary remarks which also served to unite the nation across the political spectrum.

Zarif said, "I believe the Trump administration is closing its eyes on the realities of our region."

"We believe it will be important for the United States, for the Trump administration to exercise a reset in its cognitive disorder with regard to our region," he said.

In his firstreaction to the speech, the Iranian foreign minister wrote on Twitter, "Everyone knew Trump's friendship was for sale to the highest bidder. We now know that his geography is too," referring to the USalliance with Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia was Trump's firststopping point on his maiden foreign trip as president, wherehe signed deals worth more than $300 billion, including$110 billion in arms sales.

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