Press TV- As US president-elect Donald Trump is working on his administration line-up, there are concerns about his promise to rip up the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group, dubbed as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).�

Kaveh Afrasiabi, author and political scientist, told Press TV on Friday night that Trump could not throw the JCPOA away because of international pressures and obligations under the agreement.

�If the US reneges on it,�then the Iranian party can complain to the Security Council and this would seriously harm the US�s image in Europe and elsewhere,� he said.

"The situation is not ripe for Mr. Trump to take such a hasty decision because of all of the legal complexities involved,� Afrasiabi added.

Touching on Trump�s election threat, Afrasiabi said the president-elect "would think twice about this very thoughtless decision that does not serve the US�s own interest.�

The analyst said the nuclear accord is an �international agreement� that is legally binding by virtue of its endorsement by the UN Security Council and agreed to by signatories including the United States.

�If there is a non-fulfillment of this obligation, then the US can be complained against by Iran to the Security Council as stipulated in paragraph 37 of the nuclear agreement,� Afrasiabi said.

Since the UN has confirmed that Iran has faithfully implemented its obligations under the JCPOA, �the United States would be really hard pressed to justify itself and would be internationally isolated if it reneges on the nuclear agreement,� he added.

Afrasiabi, however, said Trump�is under the influence of the Zionist lobby and that he�may select Newt Gingrich as his secretary of state, who is opposed to the agreement.

The JCPOA, which took effect in January, ended nuclear-related sanctions against Iran. However, Tehran�complains that Washington does not comply with its commitments under the accord.