19 Mar 2024
Saturday 21 April 2018 - 15:01
Story Code : 301806

Continuation of JCPOA meaningless if one party leaves: Iranian Official

Tasnim The political deputy of the Iranian president's chief of staff said if one party withdraws from the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), it would be meaningless to the Islamic Republic to continue the agreement.

Speaking to an Iranian daily, Majid Takht Ravanchi warned against a possible move by the US government to leave the JCPOA and said, The JCPOA is a two-way equation, and the equations balance should not be upset.

If the balance is upset as a result of a US exit, the agreement would be meaningless and useless to Iran no matter what other parties do to save it.

From Irans point of view, the purpose of the JCPOA is to serve the countrys national interests and it cannot be said that Washingtons withdrawal from the deal would have no effect on the interests, he went on to say.

Under the JCPOA, Iran agreed to curbs and inspections on its nuclear program in exchange for relief from anti-Tehran sanctions.

US President Donald Trump in January set a 120-day deadline for US lawmakers and European allies to fix his predecessor Barack Obama's main foreign policy achievement or face a US exit.

Since the historic deal was signed by Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) in Vienna in July 2015, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly confirmed the Islamic Republics compliance with its commitments under the JCPOA, but some other parties, especially the US, have failed to live up to their undertakings.

In March, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of serious repercussions of a US decision to pull out of the multilateral agreement, saying such a move would plunge the Middle East into war.
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