Zarif: We will continue to reduce our commitments under the nuclear agreement unless Europe fulfills its commitments

Tehran, (ST)  – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has announced that his country will take new steps in reducing its obligations under the nuclear deal if the European countries do not implement their obligations towards Iran.

“Our actions are compensatory measures provided for in Article 36 of the Nuclear Agreement and no one can take any further action against compensatory action,” Zarif told reporters. “We are not talking about withdrawing from the agreement, but reducing obligations.”

US President Donald Trump’s remarks at the United Nations on the continuation of the embargo on Iran are completely contrary to what the Europeans have said, Zarif said.

The spokesman for the National Security and Foreign Policy in the Iranian Shura Council Hossein Naqvi Hosseini said that America and Europe tried to look for another scenario to pressure Iran, such as the exit of European countries from the nuclear deal.
He said that Iran makes no difference if Europe remains in the nuclear agreement or withdraws as long as it does not abide by its commitments, pointing out that America and Europe are waiting to sit at the negotiating table and implement our commitments in the agreement while they do not abide by it, and that is irrational and illegal.

Raghda Sawas