International minister Mohammad Javad Zarif mentioned Iran may reverse breaches of nuclear deal as soon as US sanctions are eliminated.
Iran is not going to settle for calls for by the US that it reverses acceleration of its nuclear programme earlier than Washington lifts sanctions, overseas minister Mohammad Javad Zarif mentioned.
The demand “isn’t sensible and won’t occur”, he mentioned at a joint information convention in Istanbul on Friday together with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu.
The brand new administration of US President Joe Biden has mentioned Tehran should resume compliance with curbs on its nuclear exercise beneath the world powers’ 2015 deal earlier than it could rejoin the pact formally often known as The Joint Complete Plan of Motion (JCPOA).
Iran breached the phrases of the accord in a step-by-step response to the choice by Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump to desert the deal in 2018 and reimpose sanctions on Tehran.
Earlier this month, Iran resumed enriching uranium to twenty % at its underground Fordow nuclear plant – a stage it achieved earlier than the accord.
Nevertheless, Iran has mentioned it could rapidly reverse these violations if US sanctions are eliminated.
“If the US fulfils its obligations, we’ll fulfil our obligations in full,” Zarif mentioned.
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected Iranian stress for the US to behave first.
“Iran is out of compliance on various fronts,” Blinken informed a information convention in Washington, DC.
“And it could take a while, ought to it make the choice to take action, for it to come back again into compliance and time for us then to evaluate whether or not it was assembly its obligations,” Blinken informed a information convention.
Zarif rapidly responded on Twitter, saying Iran had “abided by the JCPOA” and had solely taken “foreseen remedial measures”.
“Actuality test for @SecBlinken: The US violated (the) JCPOA,” Zarif tweeted.
Actuality test for @SecBlinken:
The US
-violated JCPOA
-blocked meals/medication to Iranians
-punished adherence to UNSCR 2231
All through that sordid mess, Iran
-abided by JCPOA
-only took foreseen remedial measures
Now, who ought to take 1st step?
Always remember Trump’s most failure.— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) January 28, 2021
Iran’s parliament, dominated by hardliners, handed laws final month that forces the federal government to harden its nuclear stance if US sanctions are usually not eased inside two months.
Zarif additionally condemned US sanctions in opposition to Turkey over Ankara’s resolution to obtain Russian S-400 defence methods.
“The US authorities is hooked on sanctions … and this harms the world and the US itself,” he mentioned.