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Wednesday 15 July 2020 - 14:08
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US contempt for law threatens global security: Irans Zarif

Tasnim Concurrent with the fifth anniversary of the 2015 nuclear deal, Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Washingtons contempt for law and diplomacy threatens the global security and should not be a yardstick for international norms.

Today is 5th anniv. of the #JCPOAlast decades greatest diplomatic achievementand reminder that US lawless behavior should not be the yardstick by which int'l norms are measured. US contempt for law & diplomacy places it in global disrepute & threatens globaland USsecurity, Zarif tweeted late on Tuesday.

Josep Borrell, the EUs foreign policy chief, issued a statement on the occasion of the fifth anniversary, pledging to do everything possible to salvage the accord.

The deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), is a historic multilateral achievement for global nuclear non-proliferation, Borrell said.

The JCPOA remains the only tool to provide the international community with the necessary assurances regarding Irans nuclear program The full implementation of the JCPOA by all sides remains crucial, he said.

The deal was reached between Iran and a group of countries then known as the Group 5+1 which included the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany on July 14, 2015. However, in May 2018, US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled his country out of the JCPOA and re-imposed the sanctions that had been lifted under the deal.

Verified by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran remained fully compliant with the JCPOA for an entire year, waiting for the co-signatories to honor their commitments and offset the impacts of the US withdrawal.

But, as the European parties continued to renege on their obligations, the Islamic Republic moved in May 2019 to suspend its JCPOA commitments under articles of the deal covering Tehrans legal rights in case of non-compliance by the other side.
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