Al-Monitor- The head of the Iranian�parliament�s influential National Security and Foreign Policy Commission�rejected any notion�of renegotiating the nuclear deal agreed to�by Iran and the five countries on the UN�Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) just two years ago, ending a decadelong dispute. As a result of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, nuclear-related sanctions against Iran were lifted (non-nuclear sanctionsremain), and Iran agreed to curtail its nuclear program. Eager to undo President Barack Obama�s legacy, current President Donald Trump has tasked his advisers with finding a way to scrap the deal. Iran is not taking the bait.

�Iran will�under no conditions�undertake negotiations again about the nuclear deal,� said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the head of the�National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, on July 23. Boroujerdi added, �None of the other countries that negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran have accepted America�s recommendation to negotiate again.� He called Trump�s desire to renegotiate�another �example of America cheating, which can be viewed as an illogical action.�

The interview with Boroujerdi was sparked by a July 21�article in Foreign Policy reporting�that�Trump is unhappy�with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson�s reports with respect to Iran�and has sidelined him to bring the review process on�Iranian compliance with the deal into the White House, where staff are�mostly hawks on Iran. The State Department had been required to present a report on Iranian compliance�every 90 days, while in Iran, the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission is tasked with reviewing the terms of the deal every six months.

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