Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says negotiations with the US to save the 2015 nuclear deal are pointless because US President Donald Trump is not trustworthy.
Speaking at the 4th edition of Mediterranean Dialogues (MED 2018) forum in the Italian capital of Rome, the Iranian top diplomat said Thursday that Tehran would not renege on any deal made.
Trump pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in May, branding the landmark agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the US, the UK, France, China, Russia and Germany – a “disaster.”
The American head of state pledged back then that he would bring back sanctions that were removed under the deal and impose tougher ones until the Islamic Republic agrees to renegotiate a deal that would further limit its nuclear program, ban developing certain ballistic missiles and roll back Tehran’s influence in the region.
Iran has made it clear that it continues to…