A senior Iranian official says any attempt to impose new sanctions on Tehran and restrict its defense and deterrence capabilities will undermine thenuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries.
In a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen in Tehran on Monday, Secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani reaffirmed the Islamic Republics goodwill to preciselyand swiftlyimplement its obligations under the nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and said the executionof the deal requires that both sides fulfill their commitments.
He added that Iran will showa strongreaction to any measure aimed at imposing restrictions on its defense capabilities.
In a letter to Irans Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan on December 31, President Hassan Rouhani ordered stepped-up production of missiles after reports that the US was preparing fresh sanctions on international companies and individuals in Iran.
The Wall Street Journal said later that the White House had delayed plans to imposenew sanctions on Iran but added that the measures remained on the table.
The SNSC secretary further expressed hope that exchange of political and economic delegations between Iran and European countries would have positive outcomes on the expansion of all-out relations.
Shamkhani said the necessary ground has been prepared for Tehran and Copenhagen to improve cooperation in various economic and industrial sectors.
The Danish foreign minister, for his part, commended Irans effective measures to preciselyfulfill its commitments under the JCPOA.
Jensen said his country is determined to boost relations with Iran in all fields and added that the two countries have numerous grounds for economic and technical cooperation.
On July 14, 2015, Iran and the P5+1 group of countries the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia plus Germany finalized the text of the JCPOA on Tehrans nuclear program in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
Under the agreement, Iran will accept restrictions on its nuclear program in return for the removal of sanctions imposed on Tehran by the US and the EU.