Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Friday that the US government is a threat to the Middle East and world peace, while President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will not give up the weapons of concern. .
"It is true that there is a real threat to our region and to international peace and security: this threat is the feeling of the Trump administration to destabilize the world with dishonest accomplices in our region," Zarif wrote. English. "The United States must start acting like a normal state."
On Saturday, in a speech at a military parade marking the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war between 1980 and 1988, Rouhani echoed Zarif's criticism of Washington.
"America will suffer the same fate as Saddam Hussein," said Rouhani, referring to the former Iraqi dictator. "Iran will not give up its defensive weapons … including its weapons that make America so furious".
"The fact that the missiles make you angry shows that they are our most effective weapons," he said, promising to "increase" our defensive capabilities … day after day ".
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The already tense relations between Tehran and Washington have deteriorated further since May, when US President Donald Trump abandoned the Iranian nuclear deal and announced the renewal of US sanctions against the Islamic Republic. , the United Kingdom and France.
"It is not" normal "to break international agreements and commitments against the advice of your closest allies," wrote Zarif.
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Not a "personal agreement"
The Foreign Ministry's response came a day after Iran responded to a US offer to negotiate, saying Washington had violated the terms of the last major deal they reached – the 2015 nuclear deal.
US Special Envoy for Iran Brian Hook said Wednesday that Washington is seeking to negotiate a treaty with Iran to include Tehran's ballistic missile program and its regional behavior.
The new agreement "will not be a personal agreement between two governments like the previous one, we are seeking a treaty," Hook told an audience of the Hudson Institute think tank.
Zarif responded on Twitter, claiming that the 2015 agreement was not a "personal agreement" but "an international agreement enshrined in a UN Security Council resolution".
"The United States has also violated its treaty obligations … Apparently, the United States only mocks calls for peace," he writes in a tweet attached to a video of a protester who took speech after Hook's speech. people.
The other five world powers that signed the 2015 agreement with the Islamic Republic – France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia – have tried to save the deal. But until now, none of them has managed to convince Trump.
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Iran's nuclear deal – Donald Trump's torpedo calendar
The circuit breaker
President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that he was withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, arguing that the international agreement was not in "the US". national interest "of the United States. The decision cast a veil of uncertainty over the future of the nuclear deal and provoked tensions with US allies in Europe.
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Iran's nuclear deal – Donald Trump's torpedo calendar
Slap on the face
Britain, France and Germany lobbied the Trump administration and Congress to stay in the nuclear deal, saying the deal was working and a violation of the US without a monitoring plan would be destabilizing. In European capitals, the withdrawal of the Trump administration was perceived as a slap to the allies.
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Iran's nuclear deal – Donald Trump's torpedo calendar
A triumph of diplomacy
The Joint Global Action Plan, better known as the Iranian Nuclear Agreement, was signed in 2015 by the United States, China, Russia, France, Germany and the United States. Britain (P5 + 1) and Iran after years of negotiations. Under the international agreement, Iran has agreed to dismantle its nuclear program and be the subject of a follow-up in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions related to nuclear power.
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Iran's nuclear deal – Donald Trump's torpedo calendar
Compliance and verification
The JCPOA includes a robust monitoring, verification and inspection regime established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The UN watchdog verified that Iran was complying with the agreement in 12 quarterly reports. The JCPOA allows Iran to pursue a peaceful nuclear program for commercial, medical and industrial purposes, in accordance with international non-proliferation standards.
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Iran's nuclear deal – Donald Trump's torpedo calendar
The success of Obama
The Iran nuclear deal was the signing of President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Seeking to undo almost every legacy of the Obama administration, Trump has taken office by calling it "the worst deal of all time". The Trump administration argues that the nuclear deal does not address other independent issues, such as Iranian ballistic missiles, regional influence, support for "terrorist" groups and human rights.
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Iran's nuclear deal – Donald Trump's torpedo calendar
Iranians approved
The nuclear deal and the lifting of punitive international sanctions related to nuclear energy have created optimism in Iran after years of economic isolation. However, even before Trump withdraws the US agreement, Tehran has accused the United States of withholding international investment and not honoring the end of the market because of the uncertainty created by the threats. of Trump.
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Iran's nuclear deal – Donald Trump's torpedo calendar
The opponents
After eight years with Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found the US president that he wished Donald Trump. The Israeli leader has repeatedly criticized the agreement despite the assessment of his own military leaders and his intelligence services, that the JCPOA, even though it was not perfect, was working and should be maintained. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the other main opponents of the nuclear deal.
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Iran's nuclear deal – Donald Trump's torpedo calendar
Who has left?
The EU-3 (Great Britain, France, Germany) is working to ensure that Iran benefits from the economic spinoffs promised to prevent Tehran from withdrawing from the market. While European companies face retaliation from the United States for doing business with Iran, many choose to avoid Iran. It would probably be a gift for Chinese and Russian companies.
tj, ap / msh (Reuters)
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